Midyear Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations
We started 2025 on a high note, although we acknowledged that “no market environment is ever permanent, and that change is always potentially around the corner.” Well change did come, and with it, volatility, perhaps in part because we assumed President Trump’s...
Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism
Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism By LPL Financial Research Looking back, 2024 clearly echoed many of the themes from 2023. By and large, the economy continued to defy expectations and surprised once again. Stocks continued their strong performance, driven by powerful...
Yours, Mine, and Ours — A Couple’s Guide to Retirement Planning
While the reasons for earning two incomes may vary from couple to couple, these families often face a similar financial challenge: participation in separate retirement programs.
Withdrawing Your Assets: Understanding RMDs
When it comes time to start withdrawing the money you’ve spent a lifetime accumulating in your retirement portfolio, you want to ensure that you make the right decisions.
Will Your Money Last? Risks to Retirement Income
A sound retirement income plan takes into account several financial risks, including the potential for the retiree to outlive his or her assets, the effects of inflation on future income, rising health care costs, and the uncertain future of the Social Security system.
- Client Letter | Positive Momentum Builds as Year-End Approaches | November 5, 2025
on November 5, 2025 at 1:35 pmLPL Research reviews strong earnings, Fed policy signals, and easing trade tensions shaping the market outlook into year-end.
- Weekly Market Commentary | From Micro to Macro: A Busy Week of Market-Moving Data | November 3, 2025on November 3, 2025 at 12:39 pm
LPL Research reports on Fed rate cut, U.S.–China trade truce, strong earnings, and AI spending scrutiny amid narrowing market breadth and volatility risks.
- Weekly Market Commentary | What Could Spook Markets | October 27, 2025on October 27, 2025 at 4:07 pm
LPL Research provides commentary on which risks should be paid attention to as the markets move into the final months of the year.
