Falling rates

Hello Everyone! Welcome to the October 2025 edition of the boodle blog! If you are new here, we thank you for joining us, and if you are a regular reader of this blog, then thank you for your membership. At boodle we believe that the person best qualified to manage your money is you, and we teach you the tools on how to manage your portfolio successfully.

Believe it or not, we are officially in the fourth and final quarter of the year! There is a lot to discuss, so we will get right to it, starting with the September month-to-date numbers, and then the year-to-date numbers. We think you’re going to enjoy the results that we got so far this year.
September provided another good month of returns for the markets and for our boodle members.

Perhaps the best news in September was the long anticipated interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve Bank. The rate was slashed by 25 basis points, or a quarter of one percent. Many on Wall Street were looking for more, but they should be patient because more rate cuts are on tap for the remainder of the year. These anticipated future cuts are going to extend this current bull market and we welcome this news.

September gains on the DOW came in at 2.50% with the S&P 500 gaining a very respectable 3.95%. The NASDAQ once again walked away with an easy index win of 5.77%. For 2025 the DOW is up 9.11% and the S&P 500 has added 13.98%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ leads the pack with an advance of 17.75%.

As we go to press, the news that is starting off October is the government shutdown and what the implications may portend about future government payments. We think this news will not over take the good news coming out of the financial markets because one thing that Wall Street knows is that when conditions are ideal, and we think that they are, the market will rise, and we are happy to have you, our clients along for the ride. Have a wonder October and a Happy Halloween and we will see all of you back here next month.