Market Volatility: 4 Key Factors to Track in Q3 2025
Investors await announcements on tariffs, company earnings, and more.
Sarah Hansen, Morningstar Inc’s senior markets reporter, discusses the uncertain outlook for the third quarter and how investors should prepare for market volatility.
00:54 What Was Surprising From Q2 Market Volatility
02:41 Mixed Expectations as Trump’s Tariff Deadline Approaches
04:20 How Should Investors Prepare Themselves for Market Volatility?
05:35 How Tariff Uncertainty Could Affect Company Earnings
07:38 How Trump’s Tax and Spending Bill Raises Concerns About Federal Deficit
09:18 How the Fed’s Decision on Interest Rates Could Affect the Yield Curve
11:06 Should Investors Brace for More Market Volatility?
Read about topics from this episode.
13 Charts on Q2’s Major Market Rebound https://www.morningstar.com/markets/13-charts-q2s-major-market-rebound
Market Volatility: What to Watch in Q2 After Big Swings in Q1 https://www.morningstar.com/markets/market-volatility-what-watch-q2-after-big-swings-q1-2
Has the Stock Market Reached Peak Optimism on Tariffs? https://www.morningstar.com/markets/has-stock-market-reached-peak-optimism-tariffs
What Investors Need to Know About Tariffs https://www.morningstar.com/economy/what-investors-need-know-about-tariffs
Tariffs Would Likely Hit These US Stock Sectors the Hardest https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/tariffs-would-likely-hit-these-us-stock-sectors-hardest
What Investors Need to Know About the Budget Reconciliation Bill https://www.morningstar.com/economy/what-investors-need-know-about-budget-reconciliation-bill
The Deficit is the Biggest Risk for the Bond Market, Says Matt Eagan of Loomis Sayles https://www.morningstar.com/bonds/deficit-is-biggest-risk-bond-market-says-matt-eagan-loomis-sayles
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How Healthy Is the US Economy? Here’s What the Top Economic Indicators Say https://www.morningstar.com/economy/how-healthy-is-us-economy-heres-what-top-economic-indicators-say
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