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Markets Wanted a Party. The Economy Brought a Reality Check.
The Federal Reserve handed investors another rate cut. Wall Street responded by immediately looking for something to worry about. It found plenty. Tech stumbled, geopolitics glowered and commodities...
December 11, 2025 at 07:44 pm IST
Oracle Spoils the Fed Fiesta
The US central bank positioned itself last night broadly in line with market expectations. The initial reaction was one of relief, even though the picture painted by the central bankers leaves many...
December 11, 2025 at 12:51 pm IST
This Is Decision Day
Today's Fed meeting is the main focus, as Jerome Powell delivers a speech cut that could either soothe investors or set their hair on fire.
Markets are torn between fearing another inflation scare,...
December 10, 2025 at 07:28 pm IST
Give Us Something to Hope For, Jerome
It's hard to ignore the event of the day in the markets, even if one makes a concerted effort: all eyes will inevitably turn this evening to the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision, the...
December 10, 2025 at 12:52 pm IST
Cut Rates, Cross Fingers
The global economy is inching forward, but the Fed is about to slice rates even though half the room would rather swallow nails. Central banks bicker, governments wing it, and markets nod along as if...
December 09, 2025 at 07:19 pm IST
The market on edge ahead of a potentially double-edged interest-rate cut
Investors are feeling rising stress as the final 2025 monetary policy decision by the US central bank approaches. Even though a rate cut appears on the cards, what follows is highly uncertain and puts...
December 09, 2025 at 12:51 pm IST
Why the Fed's Next Move Matters More Than Markets Admit
The Federal Reserve's meeting this week has turned into an unusually close call, with markets pricing in a rate cut even as policymakers signal reluctance. Investors are leaning heavily toward a...
December 08, 2025 at 07:48 pm IST
Is the Fed wielding an iron fist in a velvet glove?
On the stock markets, investors appear to have stopped fearing asset price levels: a concern that had sent equities and other risk assets tumbling at the start of November. Valuations are still being...
December 08, 2025 at 01:49 pm IST
The Most Overhyped PCE Print in Wall Street History
America has waited 43 days for a simple number. Not a moon-landing, nor a breakthrough cancer cure: just the September reading of the Personal Consumption Expenditures index , the Federal Reserve's...
December 05, 2025 at 07:25 pm IST
Fed Rate Cut: The Market Awaits the Signal
The countdown to a Federal Reserve rate cut next Wednesday continues to reverberate through the stock market. Investors have clearly tethered their hopes for further gains in equity indices to this...
December 05, 2025 at 12:45 pm IST
191,000 and Confused
After the recent government shutdown left policymakers flying blind, the first meaningful signpost - the upcoming PCE inflation report - is eagerly awaited by investors, analysts, and anyone who...
December 04, 2025 at 07:26 pm IST
Small is Beautiful Again?
In their ongoing quest for profitable year-end strategies and beyond, investors are once again turning their attention to small caps, speculating that the newly configured Federal Reserve may prove to...
December 04, 2025 at 12:35 pm IST
Wall Street's Dovish Delusion?
Wall Street opened Wednesday in a hopeful mood, but the optimism didn't survive contact with reality. What began as a confident lean into the idea of a near-term Fed rate cut abruptly reversed,...
December 03, 2025 at 08:02 pm IST
Bitcoin puts Wall Street back on track
The stock market continues to move in fits and starts. The prospect of a Federal Reserve rate cut in a week's time has helped wipe out early November's losses, but doubts linger. Nevertheless,...
December 03, 2025 at 12:42 pm IST
Ready or Not It's Coming
Markets do not usually enjoy surprises, yet they keep receiving them. Markets brought an end yesterday to the late-November rebound. Indices, having run their course, ultimately ran out of steam....
December 02, 2025 at 07:31 pm IST
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