{"id":24573,"date":"2025-02-14T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eoption.com\/market-review-february-14-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:09:43","slug":"market-review-february-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eoption.com\/market-review-february-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Review: February 14, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Closing Recap<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Friday, February 14, 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Index<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Up\/Down<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Last<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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DJ Industrials<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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-165.97<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.37%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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44,545<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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S&P 500<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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-0.47<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.01%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6,114<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nasdaq<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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81.13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.41%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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20,026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Russell 2000<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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-2.20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.10%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2,279<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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After a week of big market swings and strong rallies, Friday was pretty quiet, with the S&P trading in a narrow range after coming up just short of its all-time intraday high of 6,182.18…while “buying the dip” continues to pay handsome dividends. In fact, one can say so far in 2025, (much like 2024) the market mantra remains “every dip is a buying opportunity. The bigger the dip, the bigger the opportunity,” as evident over the last 3-week period. We saw the big market plunge on DeepSeek competition fears three weeks ago for tech, then the tariff headline decline impact last Monday (before subsequent bounce), and the “hotter” CPI<\/span> reading dip on Wednesday, before recovering all the losses by early next day to new highs today. Global markets remain well bid with US S&P 500 at record highs, STOXX<\/span> 600 and German Dax hitting record highs this week and Asian stocks too posting big gains. The S&P sector strength has been broad based to start the year with Communications (XLC<\/span> the big winner +8.75% YTD<\/span>) thanks too META<\/span> which posted its 20th<\/sup> straight day of gains today, Materials (XLB<\/span> +7.5% YTD<\/span>), Financials (XLF<\/span> +7.5%) and Healthcare (XLV<\/span> +5.85%) rounding out the top winners…though all eleven S<\/span>&P sectors are higher on the year. Economic data has not been market friendly, with signs of rising inflation (CPI<\/span>, PPI<\/span>) while retail sales today showed a sharp decline, yet markets still shrug it off. We head into the long holiday weekend with stock and bond markets closed Monday for President’s Day. <\/p>\n

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Economic Data<\/p>\n