Markets Insights
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Market Shifts As Fed Rate Cut Looms: Tech, Utilities And Consumer Staples In Focus
U.S. stocks closed out their best week of the year with more gains on Friday and climbed to the cusp of their records. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% for a fifth straight gain and is just 0.7% below its high set in July.
What’s Driving Market Volatility? Richie Naso Explores Recent Stock Trends
Its fourth consecutive daily decline, leaving the index down about 4.2% for the week, its worst week since March 2023.
How September’s Market History Might Impact Investors
The investment community is expecting an interest rate cut on September 18. Avi Salzman, a Barron’s writer, thinks it increasingly looks like a “sell the news” event—particularly if the cut is a quarter percentage point instead of a half.
Are AI Stocks Making The Market Too Risky?
Two of the larger tech exchange-traded funds track the same sector but differ inallocations to the biggest stocks. Will investors benefit? It depends on how the stocks perform...
How Election Year Politics Could Impact The Markets
Markets are concerned that a government led by either the populist right or a possible left-wing coalition would move to greater protectionism, government intervention...
Will The Fed Cut Rates?
Two of the larger tech exchange-traded funds track the same sector but differ inallocations to the biggest stocks. Will investors benefit? It depends on how the stocks perform...