The US stock market ended April down 0.7% but is up 5.9% in May through 5/14/2025. This highlights the importance of staying invested. In mid-April, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report revealed that inflation in March was only 2.4% higher than a year earlier.¹ That’s the slowest annual inflation increase since early 2021. There was no Fed meeting in April, so the Federal Reserve target interest rate remained unchanged at 4.5%.² Long-term performance of US stocks remained strong: up 107% in the past 5 years, up 220% over 10 years and up 611% for the 20 years ending 4/30/2025.³
Market Performance:
Though the market was down in April, US stocks are up 12% over the last 12 months ending 4/30/2025.
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Disclosures:
- YCharts. Target Federal Funds Rate Upper Limit as of 5/7/2025.
- Federal Open Market Committee
- Charts. Data as of 4/30/2025. US Stocks represented by the S&P 500 Index.
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