Stock Market News 20 October 2025

Near-term forecasts: Analysts are watching Boeing’s progress closely. Many note that Boeing still has to clear remaining certification hurdles and manage its supply chain. Aerospace strategist Tony Bancroft (Gabelli Funds) calls Boeing a “long-term winner,” noting its robust backlog and improving controls qz.com. Bernstein’s Harned expects Boeing to meet its year-end production goals now that rework is done investing.com. S&P global analyst Ben Tsocanos (cited in 2024) said new liquidity measures were “prudent” given Boeing’s credit needs. Overall, market-watchers see Boeing’s stock as having room to run if deliveries and cash flow keep improving – but the company’s own caution

Tariff-Fueled Growth in Q3 Cleveland-Cliffs’ Q3 results revealed a tariff-fueled bump in sales. Revenue rose 3.6% year-over-year to $4.73 billion, thanks in part to the 50% tariff on imported steel imposed earlier this year marketscreener.com. The company shipped 4.0 million net tons of steel (vs 3.8 M last year), reflecting stronger orders from automakers investorshub.advfn.com. However, CLF still posted a GAAP net loss of $251 million ($0.51/share), nearly unchanged from a year ago marketscreener.com. Adjusted loss was $0.45/share, in line with forecasts. Management emphasized that new long-term contracts with Detroit automakers (Ford, GM, etc.) were secured under the new trade rules. As

October Rally Puts PLUG Near Highs Plug Power’s stock has been on a tear in October, rebounding from penny-stock levels to approach its yearly highs. The shares leapt from under $1.50 in early September to over $4.00 by mid-Octoberstockanalysis.comstockanalysis.com. In the first week of October alone, PLUG spiked +35% in one day (Oct. 3) after a bold analyst upgrade, then kept climbing to an intraday peak of ~$4.58 (a new 52-week high) on Oct. 6ts2.techsahmcapital.com. This frenetic rally was amplified by a classic short squeeze. Approximately 32–40% of Plug’s publicly traded float had been sold short (investors betting on a

Key Facts – October 20, 2025: Wall Street at Record Highs, But on Edge After a roller-coaster week, U.S. stocks enter the new week riding near record highs. All three major indexes notched gains last week, capping an extraordinary 2025 rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly crossed 46,500 and closed around 46,190 on Friday – an all-time hights2.tech. The S&P 500 likewise hit a record ~6,664ts2.tech. The Nasdaq Composite ended at 22,680, within a few percent of its peakts2.tech. This resilience came despite a flurry of mid-week scares that sent volatility soaring. “Intraday swings grew sharper as traders reacted

The late-week surge capped a rollercoaster October. Early in the week, fears of a new regional banking crisis and an abrupt 100% China tariff announcement had sent markets tumbling. But by Friday, calmer notes prevailed: Trump’s tone softened (even proposing to lower tariffs if China buys U.S. farm goods), a high-level U.S.-China meeting was penciled in, and Fed expectations remained dovish ts2.tech ts2.tech. Wall Street fixed-income veteran Robert Pavlik of Dakota Wealth summed up the confusion: “The market doesn’t really know what to take when Donald Trump speaks,” he said reuters.com. In practice, investors chose to focus on earnings and