Volatile first half: how markets fared around the world

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Europe has been a winner while US has

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3 July 2025

S&p 500 and nasdaq hit new highs after best quarter in more than a year

Stocks are living their best life while the dollar is having its worst year since 1973

Shining a light in the dark

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

The Week UK

Talking points

Issue of the week: are markets too complacent? ...

Taking stock of a tumultuous year so far for the markets

Defence names, gold miners and European stocks have led the way in 2025

Uk market re-rating has not slowed down the pace of takeovers

Deals are coming thick and fast as there is still value to be found among UK stocks

MoneyWeek

Investors remain calm as war unfolds

Oil shock averted? World leaders and commodity traders have spent the past fortnight on edge as the long-running Iran-Israel conflict turned hot. Matters came to a head at the weekend when the US dire