October 9, 2025 – The financial landscape is experiencing a significant recalibration as the Federal Reserve has embarked on a cycle of interest rate reductions, with the first cut in September 2025 already in the rearview mirror. Market participants are now bracing for, and indeed largely expecting, another 25-basis-point reduction at
As October 2025 unfolds, financial markets are navigating a complex and often contradictory landscape. US equities continue to hover near all-time highs, buoyed by enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and a resilient, albeit cooling, economy. Simultaneously, gold has surged to unprecedented levels, crossing the $4,000 per ounce mark, as investors
U.S. equity futures are treading water on October 9, 2025, as financial markets grapple with a confluence of factors, including a persistent federal government shutdown that has clouded the economic outlook and an ongoing, yet nascent, third-quarter earnings season. This period of broad market indecision stands in stark contrast
The U.S. stock market achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, as both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indices surged to fresh all-time record highs. This remarkable rally, occurring despite an ongoing U.S. government shutdown, underscores a powerful wave of investor optimism fueled by
Food and beverage company PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025, with sales up 2.7% year on year to $23.94 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $2.29 per share was 1.3% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
PEP is on the reporting docket this week, with its results expected to come this Thursday before the market’s open. Let’s take a closer look at what to expect.
The U.S. stock market has been on an unprecedented ascent, with major indices like the S&P 500 (SPX) repeatedly hitting record highs throughout 2024 and 2025. Yet, beneath the celebratory headlines, a troubling divergence has emerged: consumer stocks, often considered the pulse of the American economy, have largely
