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The Fed's preferred measure of core inflation has slowed below 3 percent, and corporate earnings have been mixed. Intel shares plunged nearly 12 percent after the company's first-quarter outlook fell well short of Wall Street expectations, undermining AI-driven hopes to some extent and weighing on tech stocks, putting AMD and Nvidia under pressure.The solid growth in the U.S. economy comes amid continued signs of slowing inflation. The December personal consumption expenditure (PCE) report showed that the annual inflation rate fell below 3%, the first time in nearly three years that it was below economists' expectations, and the growth rate was the lowest since March 2021.This follows U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, and the soft l

The overall performance of US stocks in 2023 is strong, and the Dow Jones and S&P are expected to rise 13% and 24% respectively by the end of 2023, and the Nasdaq is expected to rise 44%. Traders are pricing in a more than 70 percent chance of a rate cut at the Fed's March meeting, according to CME's FedWatch tool. Expectations that the Fed could start cutting interest rates as early as March have pushed stocks to levels that some technical analysts say are overbought.U.S. stocks are at the peak of the so-called "Christmas run," a period that includes the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the New Year. Based on data from the Stock Trader's Almanac going back to 1950, the S&P has risen an average of about 1.3 percent over that period.

Summary of Yesterday's Session Yesterday, the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ made another attempt at a record close, reaching 4793 points before settling at 4783, marking a 0.04% gain. DJIA: +0.14% to 37,710.10 - S&P 500: +0.04% to 4783.35 - Nasdaq: -0.03% to 15,095.14 Despite trading within 1% of the all-time high for the past two weeks, the index has shown resilience with a 34% rally since October 2022. SP500 Key Events In a week marked by holiday calm and reduced activity, trading volumes dipped to 2.7 billion shares on the NYSE, below the year-to-date average. Attention turned to regional manufacturing indices, with the Richmond Fed index hitting -11 in December, indicating contraction, and similar negative

As forecasted in my ytd post - In Investment, When In Doubt - Pause!, Mr Powell session with the House Financial Services was indeed anchored on the “interest rate” topic. Fed Chair Jerome Powell affirmed that interest rates will continue to increase in his testimony. With the cat out of the bag, US market reacted to Mr Powell’s remarks. They did not like what they hear. All 3 composite index fell: DJIA : -0.30% (-102.35 to 33,951.52). S&P 500 : -0.52% (-23.02 to 4,365.69). Nasdaq : -1.21% (-165.09 to 13,502.20). Worst performing index. Fed's dot plot Looking at the Fed’s latest dot plot, many believed an interest hike in as early as July seems plausible. With a +0

As of the close on Friday,$S&P/ASX 200(XJO.AU)$ closed at 7,251.20 points, up 2.13% in the past 5 days.During the last 5 trading days, $Liontown Resources Ltd(LTR.AU)$ was up 14.96%; $Credit Corp(CCP.AU)$ added 10.53%; $Xero(XRO.AU)$ rose 9.90%; $FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD(FMG.AU)$ was up 9.80%; $Pro Medicus Ltd(PME.AU)$ increased 9.64%.Six of 11 sectors rose with the most impressive rises recorded by materials and energy after iron ore futures rose 1.6% to US$103.70 a tonne and oil pr

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