At its September meeting, the Federal Open Markets Committee kept rates unchanged with a target range of 5.25% to 5.50%, in a decision that was widely anticipated by investors. Still, markets responded negatively with bond yields jumping to levels not seen since 2007, the S&P 500 falling a couple percentage points, and tech stocks retreating further […]
Click here to listen to the full interview. ASHLEY WEBSTER: Well, take a look at the markets trying to kick off the final trading week of September. On a positive note, lots of green, but it’s all very modest. All three major indices on pace, though, to have a negative month. The Dow falling over […]
For patient investors with time horizons of years and decades, the primary drivers of portfolio returns are not day-to-day market fluctuations but the business cycle and other longer-term trends. One reason that questions around inflation, the Fed, and geopolitics have resulted in market swings is that they shed light on where we might be in the cycle. […]
Click here to listen to the full interview. NEIL CAVUTO: We’ve got Scott Martin joining us. We’ve got Carrie Frederick joining us on this whole EV push. And of course, now even automakers themselves saying not so fast. Scott, what do you make of that? SCOTT MARTIN: Well, not so fast. These things are fast, […]