January 2025 Market Commentary
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Markets produced compelling gains in the first month of 2025. U.S. large-cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 500 Index, ended January up 2.8% while the U.S. small-cap Russell 2000 Index gained 2.6%. U.S. intermediate-term bonds, as represented by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, ended January up a modest 0.5