Macroeconomics

Weekly Market Monitor

October 3, 2025 | 3 minute read
Stay connected with our Weekly Market Monitor, featuring a thematic chart, key market developments, and valuable investment insights across asset classes each week.

Chart of the Week: Micro Matters

In our view, still-resilient growth and Fed easing will continue to support S&P 500 performance at the index level, but company-level drivers have become increasingly important, driving greater dispersion in returns. The 3-month average correlation between the stocks in the S&P 500 has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a decade at just 9%. In this environment where micro matters, we believe there are opportunities to capitalize on the increase in dispersion through strategies such as active management and tax-loss harvesting.

Chart of the Week

Source: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. As of September 30, 2025. Chart shows the average realized 3-month correlation between stocks in the S&P 500. Past correlations are not indicative of future correlations, which may vary. Goldman Sachs does not provide accounting, tax or legal advice. Please see additional disclosures at the end of this presentation. For Illustrative Purposes Only. 

Download the full document, which includes the chart of the week and insights on market developments. On pages 3 and 4, we further recap equity sector, size and style returns, global index returns, as well as rates and spread movements and a monthly snapshot of global equity valuations.

Weekly Market Monitor
The Market Monitor features a thematic chart and highlights key economic events and data releases driving the past week’s market moves.
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