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Apr 2025
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Market Volatility: What to Watch in Q2 A...

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Sarah Hansen, Morningstar Inc. senior markets reporter, discusses the market volatility in the first quarter of 2025 and the portfolio strategy that paid off for investors.

What’s the Difference Between the Stock Market and the Economy? 

How Stock Market Trends in 2025 Have Shifted From Last Year 

Worries About Changes Fanning Market Volatility  

How Tariffs Could Impact Growth, Inflation, and Consumer Prices 

Market Volatility Sends Investors Rushing to Gold 

What Are the Risks of a Recession in 2025? 

Why Portfolio Diversification Is a Winning Strategy During Market Volatility

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Read about topics from this episode.  

13 Charts on Q1’s Dramatic Rotation in Stocks

Trump Tariff Selloff: How Long-Term Investors Can Best Weather the Storm

Tariffs and the Markets: What Investors Need to Know
Q1’s Biggest Lesson for Investors: Diversification Works
US Stocks Fall Sharply as Recession Fears Build on Tariff Worries

Tariffs Are a Self-Inflicted Economic Catastrophe
How Caution and Contrarianism Paid Off for Investors During Q1
What We’ve Learned From 150 Years of Stock Market Crashes
Investors Flock to Ultrashort Bond and Gold ETFs Amid Market Uncertainty

 

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