U.S. Stock Market Is Middling Performer Amid Global Equities Rally

2025-02-11 12:40:00 ET

Summary

• US stocks are seeing a subdued rise versus some foreign competition, based on a set of ETFs through Monday’s close.
• US equities are up 3.2% year to date via the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), which is a solid gain for such an early point in the year, but when measured in context with a number of foreign funds, it’s conspicuously modest.
• The red-hot leader at the moment for 2025 is the Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), which has surged 22.8% so far this year.

After two straight calendar years of red-hot performance, American shares are experiencing a run of muted results on the global stage. All the major slices of world stock markets are posting gains so far in 2025, but a notable shift from recent history is a subdued rise in US stocks vs. some of its foreign competition, based on a set of ETFs through Monday’s close (February 10)....

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