Market Moment

Glen Eagle®: America’s Women-Owned Trading Desk®  

5/12/2025

  • Historically, the average 12-month return after a 15%+ decline is 52%. Most pullbacks are short-lived—5% drops happen about twice a year, and 10% corrections every 18 months. *1


  • Unemployment for recent college grads rose to 5.8% in March, the highest since 2021. Internship opportunities are also down 11% from last year. Over half of the Class of 2025 feel pessimistic about starting their careers. 2


  • Since 1965, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stock has soared over 5,500,000%. A $100 investment made then would be worth $5.5 million today, compared to about $39,000 in the S&P 500. *3


  • This year, Americans planned to spend an average of $259 on Mother’s Day, according to the National Retail Federation. 4


  1. Capital Group - "Guide to Market Volatility"
  2. Barrons- "College Grads Face a Tougher Job Market This Year. These Fields Are Hiring."
  3. WSJ - "Warren Buffett’s Unparalleled Investing Record—in Charts"
  4. Torsten Slok- "Mother's Day Spending"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance


Economic Calendar

 

Monday:

Fed Governor Adriana Kugler speech, Monthly U.S. federal budget (Apr)


Tuesday:

NFIB optimism index (Apr), Consumer price index (Apr), CPI year over year, Core CPI (Apr), Core CPI year over year


Wednesday:

Fed Governor Christopher Waller speech, Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson speech, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speech


Thursday:

Initial jobless claims (May), U.S. retail sales (Apr), Retail sales minus autos (Apr), Producer price index (Apr), Core PPI (Apr), PPI year over year, Core PPI year over year, Empire State manufacturing survey (May), Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey (May), Fed Chairman Jerome Powell speech, Industrial production (Apr), Capacity utilization (Apr), Business inventories (Mar), Home builder confidence index (May), Fed Governor Michael Barr speech



Friday:

Import price index (Apr), Import price index minus fuel (Apr), Housing starts (Apr), Building permits (Apr), Consumer sentiment (prelim) (May)

 

US Markets*

S&P 5,850.50 +3.04%

DOW 42,392.00 +2.59%

NASDAQ 20,925.50

+3.92%


World Markets*

FTSE 8,601.10

+0.54%

NIKKEI 37,644.26

+0.38%

HANG SENG 23,549.46 +2.98%


*values as of 9:30am EST 5/12/2025

 

Treasuries*

2 YR 4.004%

10YR 4.461%

30 YR 4.882%


 

Cryptocurrencies*

BTC-USD

104,171.28

-0.08%

ETH.CM

2,563.11

+2.90%





Currencies*

Euro $1.1130

Pound $0.7570

Yen $147.8800

 


Commodities*

Gold 3,233.90

-3.29%

WTI Crude 63.17

+3.52%

Silver 32.86

-0.16%


Upcoming Earnings Calls

 

Monday - PBR, SPG, NRG, FOX, MNDY

Tuesday - SONY, SE, NU, JD, ALC

Wednesday - CSCO, HLN, CRWV, IX, STE

Thursday- WMT, BABA, DE, AMAT, NTES

Friday - ERBC, BEPC, NBIS, FLO, SBSW

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Glen Eagle Wealth, LLC is a member FINRA and SIPC

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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