The chief of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve on Monday said one reduction in interest rates “would be appropriate by year’s end” based on the current trajectory of inflation and the U.S. economy.
As Big Tech stocks pushed higher last week while the rest of the market lagged, the gulf between the performance of S&P 500 and its equal-weighted sibling reached a notable new extreme.
Best Buy’s stock now appears “fully charged” for a rally, said UBS’s Micheal Lasser, who on Monday became Wall Street’s most bullish analyst covering the consumer-electronics and appliances retailer.
Economists are divided between a first cut in September or waiting for December. Traders in derivative markets see the Fed cutting interest rates twice starting in September.