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Your Monthly Guide to the Markets and Your Wealth

May 13, 2025 - Vol. LXXII

May 2025 BAI

Tone Change?

"You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know."

- Oscar Wilde

 

The introduction of new tariffs by the White House was arguably the most significant change to global trade policy in more than fifty years. We've been emphasizing that policy volatility is likely to lead to market volatility, and last month was a historic example. Recently, a positive shift in tariff tone, combined with strong earnings results and bearish investor positioning, helped markets recover much of the correction. With volatility expected to continue, the question remains, now what? As always, we defer to our technical, fundamental, and macro disciplines to assess the risks and guide our outlook. Click to read the full May BakerAvenue Prudence Indicator (BAPI) commentary and view the market update video from BakerAvenue's Chief Investment Officer, Doug Couden, CFA.

 

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