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Client Letter | December 03, 2025
Dear Valued Investor, Stock investors were rewarded for staying the course in November as broad stock market averages recovered from a mid-month dip to end near record highs. The comeback extended the S&P 500 Index’s streak of monthly gains to seven – something to...
More Keys for Markets in 2026: LPL Market Outlook Sneak Peek | Weekly Market Commentary | December 1, 2025
This week, we broaden our preview and tease some other factors investors will want to consider when thinking about investing in 2026.
Corporate America Cleared a High Bar This Earnings Season | Weekly Market Commentary | November 24, 2025
A strong beat rate and another quarter of double-digit earnings growth proved corporate America’s resilience, bolstered by mega cap technology’s artificial intelligence (AI) investment. Here we recap third quarter earnings season, when more stayed the same than changed. Hat tip to profit margins.
Early Keys to 2026 | Weekly Market Commentary | November 17, 2025
As 2025 nears its final 100 calendar days, market focus is already beginning to turn forward and attempt to reconcile what market drivers could remain in place, and what could change in the first year of the new half-decade. While not an exhaustive list, here’s some of our early keys to 2026.
Global Portfolio Strategy | November 2025
Patiently Awaiting a Pullback Before Considering Adding Risk The LPL Strategic & Tactical Asset Allocation Committee (STAAC) determines the firm’s investment outlook and asset allocation that helps define LPL Research’s investment models and overall strategic and...