Market Commentary
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The CPC Team
December 3, 2025
November 2025 Economic & Market Highlights
- U.S. stocks saw a choppy but slightly positive month, as major indices recovered from early weakness and finished November modestly higher after a strong Thanksgiving-week rally. US Small Cap Stocks rose 1.0%, outpacing both US Mega Cap Stocks and US Large Cap Stocks, which gained 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively.
- Taxable Bonds rose 0.6% and Municipal Bonds were up 0.2%, as expectations for a December rate cut, combined with evidence of cooling inflation, kept Treasury yields contained and provided support for high-quality fixed income.
- International Developed Stocks increased 0.6%, participating in the global equity rally fueled by easier central bank rhetoric and improving risk sentiment in developed markets. Emerging Market Stocks, however, fell 2.4%, as ongoing growth concerns and policy uncertainty in China and other key EM countries kept investors cautious.
The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index of 500 widely held stocks that is generally considered representative of the U.S. stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), commonly known as "The Dow" is an index representing 30 stock of companies maintained and reviewed by the editors of the Wall Street Journal. The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the United States & Canada. The EAFE consists of the country indices of 22 developed nations. The MSCI Emerging Markets is designed to measure equity market performance in 25 emerging market indices. The index's three largest industries are materials, energy, and banks. Bloomberg US Aggregate (BBAG): The index is a measure of the investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market of roughly 6,000 SEC-registered securities with intermediate maturities averaging approximately 10 years. The index includes bonds from the Treasury, Government-Related, Corporate, MBS, ABS, and CMBS sectors. Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index: The index is a measure of the long-term tax-exempt bond market with securities of investment grade (rated at least Baa by Moody's Investors Service and BBB by Standard and Poor's). This index has four main sectors: state and local general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, insured bonds, and pre-refunded bonds.
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