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Shesa's Weekend Update - 7|27|25

Welcome to my Weekend Updates! Stock Market Last week Last week, the S&P 500 was up 1.5% to close at 6,388.64, marking its 14th record close in  2025. The Nasdaq gained 1% , ending at 21,108.32, with its 15th record close . The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.3%, settling at 44,901.92, just 0.25% shy of its December 4 peak. Tech and utilities led, fueled by strong earnings from Alphabet and robust economic data, despite tariff concerns. On July 22, 2025, the U.S. and Japan finalized a trade deal setting a 15% tariff on Japanese imports to the U.S., down from a planned 25%. Japan will invest $550 billion in the U.S.  Earnings last week and my View Google ( GOOG ) Revenue:  $96.43 billion vs. $94 billion. Earnings per share:  $2.31 vs. $2.18. Google Cloud revenue:  $13.62 billion   vs.   $13.11 billion, up 31% YOY. Google’s announcement of a $10 billion increase in its capital expenditure outlook, reaching $85 billion. It indi...
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Shesa's Stock Market Weekend Report - 7|20|25

U.S. Stock Market Weekly Summary Though last week was nothing exciting, S&P and Nasdaq made new highs. We are in the Q2 earnings season. Most of the key banks and financial institutions reported earnings last week. This week we will see two tech giants report their earnings . I am also expecting to see some trade deals this week. But let's glance through what happened last week. S&P 500 up 0.6% , closing at 6,296.79, hit record highs. Nasdaq was up 1.5% , closing at 20,895.66, fifth straight record high. DOW was up 0.1%, closing at 44,342.19. Market Drivers: Strong bank/tech earnings, 0.6% June retail sales rise, jobless claims at 221,000. GENIUS Act boosted crypto. Tariff threats (30% EU/Mexico, 25% Japan/South Korea) added volatility, eased by hopes of trade  negotiation. Sectors: Financials and Technology up; energy down 0.65%. So far this year, Nasdaq has gone up 8.2% and S&P 500 is up 7%, Economic Report last week The CPI/Inflation increased 0.3% for t...
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Shesa's Weekend Report - 7|13|25

Welcome to my Weekend Updates The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new all-time highs but closed lower on July 11, 2025. For the week,  S&P 500: -0.33%, closed at 6,259.75 from 6,280.46.  Nasdaq Composite: -0.22%, closed at 20,585.53 from 20,630.66.  Dow Jones Industrial Average: -1.1%, closed at 44,371.51 from 44,650.64.  Tech stocks like Nvidia, Microsoft, Broadcom led earlier gains, but consumer staples outperformed as there were some shift from tech stocks after it hits all-time high.  Nvidia ( NVDA ) became the world’s first company to hit   $4 trillion market capitalization . Its GPU built for gaming became a turning point of AI revolution making it possible. Last Friday, the stock closed at 164.92 taking its market cap to 4.022T . Tariff concerns escalates : The new 35% tariff on Canada, drove market declines. Trump just announced a 30% tariff on goods from the European Union and Mexico, effective August 1. The EU’s trade negotiator is scrambli...
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Shesa's JULY 2025 Investment Blog

 By Shesa Nayak U.S. Stock Market Update   The U.S. stock market has rallied to record highs in July 2025, with the S&P 500 closing at 6,279.35 on July 3, up 6.76%, and NASDAQ up 6.68% for the year. These gains were driven by a strong June jobs report (147,000 nonfarm payrolls vs. 110,000 expected) and a U.S.-Vietnam trade deal with 20% tariffs. But ADP reported private sector lost -33,000 jobs in June vs. +100,000 expected. Trump’s one Big Beautiful Bill passed in the congress and signed by Donald Trump on July 4. The Geopolitical situation has subsided after U.S bombing Iranian nuclear facilities. The stock market has been cheering and AI stocks are leading the way along with some of the industrials stocks.  A word to the wise “A recent MIT study found that workers using AI saw a 60% jump in productivity . That’s not hype - that’s hard data showing AI’s transformative power for businesses. So, if we still think that AI is a hype, it’s time to re-think!! Trade De...
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