Fed Hikes in March Meeting Uncertain; Market Awaits Clues from FOMC Minutes This Week
The Fed's most recent meeting minutes will be the focus for investors this week as they seek clarity on the central bank's interest rate hike plan.
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Stocks Pick of The Week - Nasdaq’s Bull Facing Downside Risk as Fed Policy Weighs On, But Do Not Miss ChatGPT Frenzy Opportunity
The Nasdaq, which is extremely sensitive to the Fed's policy outlook, experienced its first weekly fall in 2023, arousing some traders' concerns that expectations for the Fed's tightening to halt in...
Tomorrow’s CPI Data Could Put a Damper on Bullish Stock Market Sentiment
Investors will closely monitor more information about the consumers' sentiment and the direction of interest rates. CPI data for January will dominate.
Stocks Pick of The Week - 3 Must-Buy Tech Stocks to Capitalise on Amid Fed's Monetary Policy
While the outlook for technology may face more challenges following the strong NFP, interest rates are expected to remain higher for longer, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stating that the Fed will...
Gold’s Upside Could Be Limited After Stronger NFP
Fresh signs of a hot US labour market leave the Federal Reserve on course to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point at its meeting next month, signalling more tightening is likely after...
Stocks Pick of The Week - Tech stocks’ volatility seen rising amid earnings, Fed meeting
Worries in stock markets, especially in tech-heavy Nasdaq, seem to have returned, even with the US indexes registering solid weekly gains last week, with the S&P 500 adding 2.5%, the Nasdaq Composite...
Fed Poised to Make a Major Move: 25bps Hike on the Horizon
The Fed faces a dilemma at the 31 Jan to 1 Feb FOMC meeting. On one side, inflation data came in softer than expected, and activity indicators showed slowing momentum over the past month. On the...
What We Have Learned in the First Week of 2023: Go Values
Based on the initial market action of 2023, it appears that investors continue staying with the big tech firms, placing some bets on value stocks, while feasting on bonds of all kinds to capture...
