Why investors give the Fed the benefit of the doubt

Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers’ chief strategist, discusses how the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish tone has reduced inflationary expectations.

That may not actually be what monetary policy-making officials had in mind.

Yet investors remain more than willing to follow the Fed and the market rally hasn’t waned all that much.

This video post first appeared on June 23 on the Traders’ Insight blog.

Photo Credit: Nicolas Raymond via Flickr Creative Commons

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