As we celebrate the start of a new year, we reflect on a robust 2025 for investors, with the MSCI global equity benchmark hitting 56 new all-time highs over the course of the year and delivering a 22% return, its best annual performance since 20191 .
Markets closed 2025 on a high note. Learn what drove global stocks, bonds, metals, and crypto as the year came to an end.
Global markets were flat in November, but major shifts played out beneath the surface. Explore trends in tech, metals, crypto, yields, and international markets.
Global Market Commentary at a GlanceGlobal stocks rose 2.24% MTDVolatility (VIX) climbed to 17.44Fed rates are now at 3.75–4.00% range10-year Treasury yield eased to 4.08%Japan’s Nikkei 225 reached 52,411Gold cooled to $4,002.92/ozBitcoin and Ethereum falling 4.55%...
This year in the stock market feels like a case study in Nassim Taleb’s concept of antifragility—the idea that some systems can not only withstand shocks but can actually benefit from them.
Global markets surged in September 2025, with rate cuts, record gold prices, and broad sector strength driving gains. Read Perigon’s full market analysis and insights.
Global stocks continued their record-setting run, rallying 2.47% in August, notching their fifth winning month in a row. The MSCI All Country World Index’s (ACWI) touched a new all-time high on August 28th and is up 14.30% so far in 2025.
Global stocks rallied to a new all-time closing high, gaining 4.49% in June bringing Q2 returns to 11.53% and 2025 YTD gains to 10.05% — completing a remarkable comeback from the spring’s tariff-induced turmoil
As we reflect on the first half of 2025, markets have delivered a lesson in resilience—and a reminder of the importance of staying diversified and disciplined through uncertainty.
Global stocks rallied to a new all-time closing high, gaining 4.49% in June bringing Q2 returns to 11.53% and 2025 YTD gains to 10.05% — completing a remarkable comeback from the spring’s tariff-induced turmoil
Global stocks popped 5.75% in May, marking the MSCI All Country World Index’s (ACWI) best monthly performance since November 2023 when it surged 9.23%. The bulk of the global equity index gains came…
Although Global stocks gained 0.93% in April, it was a wild month! In the wake of “Liberation Day”, which President Donald Trump announced his administration’s plans for “reciprocal tariffs”, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) dropped 9.96% at its monthly low...