Dow Flat After Fed Rate Decision; S&P 500 and Nasdaq Records; DJT, Super Micro, Nvidia, Tesla, More Movers; Treasury Yields Slip

The S&P 500 was being lifted by a smaller group of huge shares; the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF was up solely 0.3%. On the flip facet, the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF was up 2.4%. The Magazine 7 ETF provides publicity to Apple, Amazon.com, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Tesla, and Nvidia.

“The steadiness of dangers provides the Fed ample room to decrease the Fed Funds fee nicely into 2025,” writes Jamie Cox, Managing Companion for Harris Monetary Group. “Markets mustn’t count on supersized fee cuts except the financial system turns south and would not take a look at all probably for some time.”

Powell was pretty dovish in the course of the convention. Requested about how the central financial institution would react to stagflation, he stated his aim is to keep away from such a scenario fully. He reiterated that whereas the labor market has cooled, the financial system has continued to indicate constructive indicators.

“This additional recalibration of our coverage stance will assist keep the energy of the financial system and the labor market and can proceed to allow additional progress on inflation as we transfer towards a extra impartial stance over time,” Powell stated.