2025: The year everything broke and markets still ripped
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2025 delivered global conflict and political shockwaves - yet markets surged anyway.
Wars dragged on, Trump returned with fresh tariffs, and global politics stayed volatile, yet stocks surged more than 20% in a full-blown “everything rally."
Gold and silver exploded, Bitcoin blasted past 125k before a brutal crash, and the biggest forces shaping markets worked quietly beneath the surface.
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