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Market Moment
Glen Eagle®: America’s Women-Owned Trading Desk®
8/18/2025
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So far this year, real estate investors, rather than individuals looking to live in the home, bought 30% of U.S. homes (new and existing), double the share in 2020. 1
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While 81% of Gen Z know credit scores matter, only 55% know what variables affect their scores. Just 18% have checked their score, and only 33% would seek help from a parent or expert to improve it. 1
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EU households save more than Americans, but their wealth has grown only a third as much since 2009—largely because 70% of their savings sit in bank accounts and they own fewer stocks than Americans with 401(k) plans. 2
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Technology now accounts for a record 34.5% of the S&P’s value—up from 32% at the end of 2024 and 20% in 2018. Including Meta, Alphabet, Amazon, and Tesla, which are technically classified in other sectors, the share rises to 45%. *3
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MFS - "Beyond the News"
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WSJ - "America Dominates Global Market Activity. That's a Problem For Europe."
- Barrons - "As Tech Stocks Rally, Risk Rises. Why Energy and Healthcare Could Be Options."
*Past performance is not indicative of future performance
Economic Calendar
Monday:
Home builder confidence index (Aug), Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman TV appearance
Tuesday:
Housing starts (Jul), Building permits (Jul), Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman speaks
Wednesday:
Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks, Minutes of Federal Reserve's July FOMC meeting, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks
Thursday:
Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks, Initial jobless claims (Aug), Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey (Aug), S&P flash U.S. services PMI (Aug), S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI (Aug), Existing home sales (Jul), U.S. leading economic indicators (Jul)
Friday:
Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks from Jackson Hole
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US Markets*
S&P 6,447.16 -0.04%
DOW 44,985.49 +0.08%
NASDAQ 21,598.53
-0.11%
World Markets*
FTSE 9,135.63
-0.03%
NIKKEI 43,714.31 +0.77%
HANG SENG 25,176.85 -0.37%
*values as of 10:40am EST 8/18/2025
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Treasuries*
2 YR 3.767%
10YR 4.334%
30 YR 4.934%
Cryptocurrencies*
BTC-USD
115,278.48
-2.69%
ETH.CM
4,299.53
-5.67%
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Currencies*
Euro $1.1665
Pound $0.7396
Yen $147.9220
Commodities*
Gold 3,383.70
+0.03%
WTI Crude 62.66
-0.22%
Silver 38.08
+0.28%
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Upcoming Earnings Calls
Monday - PANW, FN, XP, SNRE, BTDR
Tuesday - HD, MDT, ALC, KEYS, VIK
Wednesday - TJX, LOW, ADI, TGT, EL
Thursday- WMT, BABA, INTU, YMM, WDAY
Friday - UI, ZKH, RLX, BKE, NFE
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This desk commentary is for informational purposes only
Carol Ann Fernandez
Rob Michel
Grier Vacek
Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC
4422C Route 27
PO Box 399
Kingston, NJ 08528
(609) 631-8231
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