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06 May

Investors Whiplashed on Fed Comments

May 6th, 2022 It was a volatile start to May’s trading in which the overwhelming focus was on the Fed. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced its largest increase in the Fed Fund’s target rate in over 20 years. The 50 bps hike had been entirely anticipated, as was the Fed’s announcement that it would…

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29 Apr

Friday’s Slide Caps Tough Month For Markets

April 29th, 2022 Fast-moving markets kept investors on their toes while they sought to close the books on a volatile April. Concerns escalated early in the week on reports of growing Covid outbreaks in China that threaten to snarl supply chains further. Beijing, a population of 21 million, was the latest megacity to be caught…

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22 Apr

Market Seeks Meaning in Fed’s “Soft Landing” Code

April 22nd, 2022 The Federal Reserve’s hawkish tone on rates stymied what had been an early week advance. On Thursday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed that a 50-basis point hike is a given at the FOMC’s meeting next month. He justified the use of the higher-than-normal rate increase as being “absolutely essential” in order to…

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