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Markets will be unstable for the next couple of weeks, with the Federal Reserve set to launch an interest rate cutting cycle and the governmental election around the corner.
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The Bank of America (BAC) technique group compared the stock trading environment to one renowned film minute: “Remember that scene in Die Hard when Bruce Willis has to escape barefoot throughout a flooring of shattered glass?… That’s what trading this tape feels like inbetween now and the election.”
What’s driving this dangerous — and maybe unpleasant — scenario for traders? For one thing, unpredictability around the speed of the main bank’s rate cuts, according to a BofA Securities researchstudy note. At its Sept. 17-18 conference, the Federal Open Market Committee is extensively anticipated to bring out inbetween a 25-basis-point and 50-basis-point cut. The size of the September cut is will mostlikely identify future cuts.
Researchers at Goldman Sachs (GS) see a greater possibility of a 25 basis-point decline, which would bring interest rates down to 5%-5.25%, however they “are undoubtedly unpredictable about this,” they composed in a note Sunday. Goldman is anticipating 3 interest rate cuts this year, in September, November, and December.
Another fragment of damaged glass that financiers will have to tiptoe around are concerns about a soft or difficult landing. While most financial signs are not pointing towards a economiccrisis, a slowing task market and interest rate cut might raise the possibility of a shallow decline, experts have cautioned.
Finally, BofA pointed to the U.S. elections as the 3rd and last aspect that might “inject substantial stock volatility over the coming weeks.” Election years tend to drive market volatility, and the face-off inbetween Vice President Kamala Harris and previous President Donald Trump appears to be no various.
According to Goldman Sachs, the best result of the 2024 election for the U.S. economy would be an frustrating success for Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies. A Republican sweep in Congress and win for Trump, on the other hand, would decrease financial output next year, Goldman stated.