The discourse on Wall Street has shifted from the likelihood of interest rate cuts to speculating on their timing.
The Fed is now viewed as being dovish relative to other major central banks. Pricing for a rate cut in March increased after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was unexpectedly dovish at the Fed's December meeting.
The CME's FedWatch Tool indicates that futures markets are pricing in rate cuts totali...

With the rapid rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, the US 30-year mortgage rate once surged past 7.1% in October last year. In 2023, the Fed continued to raise rates to combat inflation, causing mortgage rates to rapidly climb after experiencing a slight drop at the beginning of the year. In the week ended Aug. 11, the contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage has rebounded significantly by 98 ...

Sector Rotation
Tech has been killing it in the market this year, thanks to the artificial intelligence boom. The tech sector has lifted the entire market while other sectors have greatly underperformed.
Occasionally, an overheated sector will begin to cool off as investors rotate their capital into underperforming sectors in expectation of a broadening rally or a change in the economy.
Even the NASDAQ announced a special rebalancing later this month, ...

Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate holding company based in Omaha, has led the company to remarkable success. In Q1 2023, the company's book value per share was $347,828, representing a 7% quarter-on-quarter increase according to its earnings release. Moreover, the per-share market value increased by about 10% during the first half of 2023.
Warren Buffett's investment strategies have earned him admiration from investor...