Weekly Investment Update

Weekly Investment Update

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Weekly Investment Update episodes

  • Never Bet Against America
    Warren Buffett's most famous investment maxim deserves careful consideration in November 2025, particularly as markets digest a year that has confounded pessimists and rewarded those who maintained conviction in American economic resilience. The US economy has demonstrated remarkable strength through 2025, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's GDPNow model estimating third-quarter growth at 4.0%, a figure that speaks not to desperation but to underlying vitality.

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    8 min
  • The Forward-Looking Calculus: Why Markets Price Tomorrow, Not Yesterday
    Markets delivered another week of mixed signals as investors parsed through a deluge of consequential developments: earnings reports from technology's most influential companies, the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate decision, and a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade tensions. Yet beneath these headline events lies a more fundamental question about how investors should value companies in an environment where artificial intelligence spending soars, monetary policy remains uncertain, and geopolitical risks persist. The answer requires understanding a deceptively simple concept: markets care far less about where a company has been than where it's going.

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    9 min
  • The Enduring Paradox of Gold: Why a "Useless" Asset Remains Indispensable
    Gold occupies a peculiar position in modern portfolio construction, simultaneously dismissed as an unproductive relic and coveted as an essential hedge against uncertainty. Warren Buffett has famously derided the metal for its lack of utility, observing that it generates no cash flow, pays no dividends, and contributes nothing to economic output. Yet despite this compelling arithmetic, gold has commanded human fascination for millennia and continues to attract capital from sophisticated investors and ordinary savers worldwide.

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    7 min
  • The Discipline of Doing Nothing: Why Market Pullbacks Demand Patience, Not Panic
    Market corrections arrive with the inevitability of changing seasons, yet they never fail to trigger the same visceral response among investors: the overwhelming urge to do something. The S&P 500's average intra-year decline hovers around 14%, a statistic that sounds alarming until you consider that markets have still finished positive in roughly three out of every four calendar years over the past four decades. This disconnect between short-term volatility and long-term returns reveals an uncomfortable truth: the greatest threat to investment success isn't market downturns themselves, but rather our instinctive reaction to them.

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    7 min
  • Markets Climb Despite Missing Data and Stretched Valuations
    The past week delivered an intriguing paradox for equity markets. Even as the federal government remained shuttered into its second week, major indices marched relentlessly higher, with the S&P 500 climbing 0.58% on Wednesday to close at 6,753.72 while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.12% to finish at 23,043.38, both notching fresh all-time highs. This resilience speaks volumes about where investor conviction currently resides: not in Washington's ability to function, but in the enduring promise of artificial intelligence and the prospect of continued monetary easing.

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    5 min
  • Markets Shrug Off Shutdown Drama as Fundamentals Remain Steady
    The trading week concluded with markets displaying remarkable resilience in the face of Washington dysfunction, as major indices closed at fresh record highs despite a federal government shutdown that began October 1st at midnight. This performance speaks to the sophisticated way investors have learned to distinguish between political theatre and genuine economic headwinds.

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    6 min
  • Markets Test Post-Cut Resilience Amid Powell’s Valuation Warnings

    The equity markets concluded a pivotal week navigating the delicate balance between celebrating monetary accommodation and absorbing cautionary guidance from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The S&P 500 fell to 6,637 points on September 24, 2025, losing 0.30% from the previous session, marking a measured retreat that speaks more to prudent profit-taking than fundamental concern.


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    5 min

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Dominion Asset Management’s research team brings you their weekly view of the financial markets.


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