TimothyX
06-18
Just days ago, the Bank of Japan raised rates by 25 basis points to 1%. A few weeks earlier Goldman Sachs was calling for S&P 8000 and raising targets across Asia. Now both Citadel Securities and PGIM, which manages roughly $1.4 trillion, are warning that high rates, sticky inflation, and stretched AI valuations could collide.

Before the Iran conflict escalated earlier this year, markets were pricing multiple Fed cuts. Today, swap markets are increasingly discussing the possibility of hikes instead. Even the famously dovish BOJ is tightening.

Rate Repricing and Memory Crash Slam Markets: Risk-Off Here?
Nasdaq plunged 3.29% and SOXL cratered 23%, caught in a double blow from Fed rate repricing and a memory sector meltdown. Yesterday's hawkish FOMC shockwaves linger. Another violent rebalancing in the "software-to-hardware, growth-to-value" rotation underway since last week, with even the strongest memory crowded trades beginning to unravel. As rate expectations and sector liquidation resonate, will you cut exposure across the board, or hunt for hard assets in the selloff?
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