Weekly Market Update – December 8, 2025

Taylor Champion
3 hours ago
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Price Return Last Week

S&P 500 +0.4% S&P Mid Cap +0.4% Russell 2000 +0.9%

MSCI EAFE +0.8% MSCI EM +1.4%

10 Yr US Treasury Rate – rose from 4.02% to 4.14%

Source: Refinitiv Eikon

Recent News

Core PCE – Sep: 0.2% (Reuters Poll est. 0.2%) Oct: 0.2%

After a delay extending over a month due to the government shutdown, core inflation data was released for the month of September. Results were in-line with estimates and put the 12-month increase in core inflation at 2.8%. The next PCE report is set to be released in less than two weeks.

Source: Refinitiv Eikon, The Wall Street Journal

Investment Accounts for Children – The tax bill passed over the summer created tax-deferred investment accounts for children that will be funded with $1,000 by the Treasury Department for kids born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028. Michael Dell, founder of Dell Technologies, announced this week that he wants to expand the number of children who qualify and will personally seed accounts with $250 for children under 10 born before January 1, 2025. The expansion of the program is expected to cost Dell $6.3 billion and is expected to launch in 2026.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

ADP National Employment – Nov: -32k (Reuters Poll est. 10k) Oct: 47k

With the government jobs report delayed two weeks due to the shutdown, many economists have focused on the ADP employment report in its absence. The most recent release on Wednesday showed weak hiring in November where payrolls were lowered by 32,000 jobs, slightly lower than the estimate of 10,000 labor force additions. The number of jobs lost were the highest total since March 2023.

Source: The Wall Street Journal, Refinitiv Eikon

A Golden Podcast – For the first time in history, the Golden Globes will present an award for Best Podcast at the upcoming ceremony. Luminate Data started with a shortlist of 25 podcasts mostly reflecting the most listened to shows that the voting body was then able to select from. While it remains unclear what criteria were used to select the best podcasts, voters seemed to eschew political podcasts for those that were more comedy or entertainment based, with shows from Amy Poehler, Dax Sheppard, and Jason Bateman receiving nods.