Markets eyeing Russia-Ukraine

How I'm getting ready for this big trading week...

August 17, 2025

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Hey there, Folks -

Investors took some off the table on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both closing slightly down.

Even with those drops, the indexes closed the week up 0.94% and 0.81%, respectively. 

All eyes are on the Russia-Ukraine situation right now with the announcement of a big meeting at the White House tomorrow that initially included only President Zelenskyy but that will now include NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

The high-stakes get-together is sure to suck up all the oxygen tomorrow as the leaders try to make peace out of the worst European conflict since World War II.

I’ve been writing for months now about the retail vs. institutional disparity in the post “Liberation Day” recovery.

That recovery has been hugely driven by retail investors as institutions sat on the sidelines or actively bet against the market.

The S&P 500 is now up a staggering 33% since its April low, and there must be a lot of bruising from those institutions kicking their own butts.

But it looks like institutional investors are coming around. Last week, they bought $3.7 billion in US ETF and single-stock purchases, “the 10th-largest weekly amount in at least 17 years.”

Better late to the party than never at all!

I suspect they still have quite a bit of dry powder, as well, and that could help give the markets their next leg up.

I’ve had great success since April alerting small stocks that were outperforming the S&P 500.

At 9am EST tomorrow, I’ll email you details on a stock that initially did that in spades…

Then, after a drop-off due to a public offering, it has done it again since June.

The stock is now up 48% since June 6, compared to S&P 500’s 7.5% rise over the same period.

Tune in for the whole scoop!

To Your Success,

Jeff Bishop

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