Investment Review №330. Profit favors the bold
Profit favors the bold
Investors are choosing risky assets in anticipation of two Fed rate cuts before the end of the year.
S&P 500 Index as of 7 October 2025
| Ticker | Asset | Change over the week | Change over the month |
| SPY | S&P 500 | 1,12% | 3,96% |
| QQQ | NASDAQ100 | 1,21% | 5,81% |
| DIA | Dow Jones Industrial 30 | 1,13% | 3,14% |
| UUP | U.S. Dollar | -0,40% | -0,04% |
| FXE | Euro | 0,24% | 0,64% |
| XLF | Financials | -0,26% | 0,41% |
| XLE | Energy | -3,35% | 0,47% |
| XLI | Industrials | 1,20% | 3,08% |
| XLK | Technology | 2,11% | 8,94% |
| XLU | Utilities | 2,42% | 6,06% |
| XLV | Healthcare | 6,88% | 5,78% |
| SLV | Silver | 3,97% | 16,55% |
| GLD | Gold | 3,14% | 8,99% |
| UNG | Natural Gas | 4,65% | -0,08% |
| USO | Oil | -6,89% | -4,17% |
| VXX | VXX Index | 1,25% | -8,80% |
| EWJ | Japan | 1,67% | 4,94% |
| EWU | UK | 2,55% | 3,55% |
| EWG | Germany | 2,99% | 3,36% |
| EWQ | France | 3,03% | 5,57% |
| EWI | Italy | 2,08% | 4,43% |
| GREK | Greece | 3,68% | 4,37% |
| EEM | BRICS | 2,88% | 8,44% |
| EWZ | Brazil | -1,30% | 4,62% |
| RTSI | Russia | -2,45% | -10,33% |
| INDA | India | 0,38% | -0,32% |
| FXI | China | 2,70% | 6,45% |