October tends to be a volatile month for markets.
Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers’ chief strategist, discusses the volatile market movements we have seen in recent sessions.
Are there signs of trouble ahead? Or is this just an example of the typical October nervousness?
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As the Federal Reserve prepares for its May 1 FOMC meeting, investors are focusing on the potential for rate cuts, but another aspect of Fed policy decision-making is flying under the radar – the balance sheet.
The market’s resilience in 2023 was a testament to the economy’s ability to weather the impacts from higher interest rates better than expected. Despite softening economic data and shrinking inflation, investors are optimistic about the future, but they may be underestimating the risks to the economy.
A hawkish tone has reduced inflationary expectations
Clusterstock created this interesting chart from a Barclays report about the coming reconstruction boom in Japan, which concludes that short-term GDP declines […]
