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Stock Market Volatility and Fed Rate Cuts
What’s driving this decline and why such a departure from the first quarter? The simple answer is… investors’ changing expectations for Fed interest rate cuts.
Silicon Valley Bank - What Really Happened?
The financial markets were shaken by news of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure and the implications for other banks and the economy. Why did SVB fail and what are the implications?
The Fed Gets What It Wants
It's well known that two emotions drive market prices: greed and fear...and fear is at the helm right now. There are more sellers than buyers, causing security prices to decline, but if you stand back and look at the bigger picture, this is exactly what the Fed wants. The Fed is managing inflation by affecting consumer demand.