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Weekly Market Commentary: Strong Year Continues With Q3 Earnings Off to Solid Start

10/27/25

Sunflower Bank Weekly Market Commentary: October 27, 2025

Each week, our Wealth Management team analyzes the U.S. stock market and bond market activity and news of the previous week, summarizing their findings into a weekly market update report. The key points of this week's commentary, "Strong Year Continues With Q3 Earnings Off to Solid Start," include:

  • Equity markets ended the week higher with risk-on sentiment supported by solid corporate earnings and September inflation data that came in lower than expected. The S&P 500 rose +1.9%, the Nasdaq 100 gained +2.2%, and the Russell 2000 increased +2.5% on the week.
  • Third quarter 2025 earnings season continues to surprise to the upside, with 29% of S&P 500 constituents having reported to-date. According to Factset, analysts are expecting aggregate earnings for companies in the S&P 500 index to increase +9.2% year-over-year. This rate of growth compares to an increase of +8.2% forecasted at the end of last week and the +7.9% growth rate expected prior to the start of the reporting season.
  • The Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday this week. Futures markets expected officials to vote to reduce the benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to a range of 3.75-4.00%. Notable earnings reports this upcoming week include tech heavyweights Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta.

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