
Horizon CIO Scott Ladner discusses whether markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) have settled into the "right level" of interest rates, especially as Federal Reserve officials anticipate another rate hike to come in 2026.
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Horizon CIO Scott Ladner discusses whether markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) have settled into the "right level" of interest rates, especially as Federal Reserve officials anticipate another rate hike to come in 2026.
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The Dow lost 630 points on the Fed's rate hike. A day later, chip stocks took most of it back.

Stocks moved higher, a sharp reversal from yesterday's market action, after the Federal Reserve announced a rate increase. Peter Boockvar, CIO at One Point BFG Wealth Partners, credits the equity gains to easing in Treasury yields, alongside the pullback in oil futures. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.6%.
Nasdaq Leads Market Rebound After Fed Delivers First Rate Hike in Years

Stocks were rallying to kick off Thursday's session with support from easing oil futures and Treasury yields. The upswing marked a rebound from yesterday's selloff which followed an interest-rate increase from the Federal Reserve and remarks from Chairman Warsh. The S&P 500 gained 1.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 1.6%.

US stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher opening on Thursday as crude oil prices and Treasury yields retreated, following a late-session sell-off on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve’s latest interest-rate increase. The anticipated rebound follows a difficult Wednesday session in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a three-month low and the S&P 500 recorded its lowest closing level in more than a month.

U.S. futures advanced and 10-year Treasury yields fell below 5% in early European trade, as lower oil prices soothed sentiment.

US equity futures were tracking higher before the opening bell Thursday as traders assess the Federa
US equity futures were edging higher pre-bell Thursday as traders evaluated the Federal Reserve's in
Investing.com -U.S. stock index futures rose Thursday, as the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate hike in three years helped ease market anxiety over the central bank’s commitment to quelling inflation.

US stocks rose in premarket trading on Thursday as oil prices edged lower and Wednesday's interest rate hike offered some reassurance that the Federal Reserve was working to contain inflation. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7%, while those on the S&P 500 gained 0.8%....

Stocks were on track to open higher on Thursday as oil prices retreated and investors got over the worst of their worries about the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation. Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 1.1%. The S&P 500 and the Dow both dropped the previous session after the Fed hiked interest rates for the first time in more than three years, with Chairman Kevin Warsh signaling there could be more tightening.

US stock futures advanced on Thursday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s latest interest-rate increase, the prospect of further monetary tightening and developments affecting global energy supplies. At 06:59 GMT, Dow Jones futures were up 366 points, or 0.

Regardless of when the Iran war ends, the inflationary damage has already been done.
An expected Fed rate hike on Wednesday offered some relief to stock investors that the central bank was working to contain inflation.
An expected Fed rate hike on Wednesday offered some relief to stock investors that the central bank was working to contain inflation.

European stock markets opened in positive territory on Thursday morning, shrugging off Wall Street's decline after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years and signalled that further hikes are likely.View on euronews

Recession fears are back, but history has promising news for investors.

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street closed lower following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike decision for the first time in three years. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was 0.2% higher at 64,067.53. The Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 0.7% to 24,533.46, while the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.4% to 3,877.46.
The Federal Reserve On Wednesday hiked benchmark interest rates by 25 bps to a target range of 3.75% to 4.00%, in line with market expectations.

The battle against persistently elevated inflation is just getting started.
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