Fed Rate Cut and Financial Markets Performance 9.20.24 Podcast

Welcome to the Nicolet Wealth Management Investment Podcast. In this episode Mike Steppe and Adam Longlais discuss:

  • Were you surprised by the Fed rate cut of 50 bps on overnight interest rates?
  • How have the financial markets performed over the past couple of weeks?
  • Will lower overnight interest rates be a positive for the equity markets? Are there any
  • sectors that do especially well as overnight rates shift lower?
  • As you look out over the next year, do you think the Magnificent 7 stocks will outperform
  • the S&P 500 index?
  • So far in 2024, the financial sector has slightly outperformed the S&P 500 index. Do you
  • expect the outperformance to continue over the next six months?
  • While emerging market equities are up over 8.7% year-to-date, the Mexican stock market
  • is down over 16%. What is happening to Mexican stocks?
  • Will the US Treasury yield curve continue to steepen?
  • How have bond funds performed as the Fed pivoted to lower US interest rates?

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Show Notes:
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