Markets closed out 2025 with a pullback, but, all three major indexes were up for the year! Despite the decline, 2025 was a very strong year for stocks. The S&P 500 was up over 16%, the Nasdaq gained more than 20%, and the Dow rose nearly 13%. This marks the third straight year of double-digit gains for stocks!

Gold had its best year in decades, silver surged on global supply concerns, oil prices fell 20%, and Bitcoin ended the year down around 6%.

Meanwhile, AI winners went far beyond just chipmakers, we saw data memory companies perform exceptionally well with Micron Technology, Western Digital, and Seagate all up over 200%!