While the third quarter of 2025 provided another round of daunting headlines, financial markets cheered encouraging data that continued to support economic “soft landings” globally. In addition, investors remained optimistic about the potential improvement in corporate earnings due to artificial intelligence’s (AI) ability to enhance productivity and efficiency.
Second and third quarter rebounds pushed most stock market segments to post double-digit gains for the year. However, the path to these returns was choppy.
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