Pre-Market Pulse 20th March – Stocks surge as Fed maintains two-cut outlook
Stocks surged higher overnight as the Federal Reserve’s left rates unchanged but maintained the outlook for 2 more cuts this year
Stocks surged higher overnight as the Federal Reserve’s left rates unchanged but maintained the outlook for 2 more cuts this year
Stocks slumped again overnight ahead of the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting, and Nvidia’s annual conference.
Uncertainty around the global economy, trade wars, a stuttering Chinese economy, the US debt spiral, geopolitical noise (the list goes on) have sucked all the momentum we have had in the last 2 years & given investors good reason to take some money off the table. But what now?
Stocks continued to bounce overnight, as investors awaited the start of the Federal Reserve’s meeting and the Nvidia’s annual conference for further insight into AI demand.
Stocks rallied on Friday, as “no news from President Trump was good news” for equities. The rally was a relief for investors in a mixed week, where the market marked its fourth consecutive weekly loss, but no where near as deep as first thought.
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Stocks fell into correction territory overnight as rising concerns about a trade war continued to sour sentiment and send investors towards safehaven assets like gold, silver & copper, offsetting fresh signs of cooling inflation.
Stocks recovered overnight, as a rebound in tech following softer-than-anticipated inflation data helped offset ongoing tariff uncertainty.
Stocks bounced as much as 1% overnight, calming investor nerves…. Then Trump held yet another press conference sending the market into negative territory as the juvenile tit-for-tat “trade war” continued
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Investors finally capitulated overnight, driven by concerns over President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and their potential to push the economy into recession