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2 Min read | November 04, 2025

Market Monitor October 2025

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Market Monitor October 2025

Summary:

Rate cuts, earnings, and AI momentum fueled market upside

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October’s market gains were driven by a continued surge in AI optimism that lifted mega-cap tech and semiconductors, on the backdrop of the Fed’s easing that fueled risk appetite across equities and long-duration assets, but interrupted by episodic geopolitical trade tensions that injected volatility, prompted safe-haven flows into bonds and gold, and caused sectoral rotations away from trade-sensitive industrials and exporters. Together these dynamics produced strong headline returns offset by sharp intra-month swings, rewarding high-growth, rate-sensitive names while underscoring the value of diversification and tactical hedges. Investors favoured conviction in AI tech leaders while trimmed cyclical exposures. 

 

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