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The recently released July FOMC minutes have laid bare the growing divergence of views among Federal Reserve officials, with a majority emphasizing the presence of “significant upside risks to inflation, which could require further tightening of monetary policy.” This sentence, widely...

The once-solid consensus among Federal Reserve members regarding the ongoing rate hike campaign initiated in March 2022 is now showing signs of fragmentation within the board. Recent insights gleaned from the minutes of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting held on July 25-26 underscore...

Investors are eagerly anticipating Wednesday’s 2:00 p.m. ET release of the minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on July 25-26. At the July FOMC meeting, policymakers opted for a 0.25% rate hike, pushing rates to 5.25-5.5%, following a brief pause in June,...

After the July Federal Reserve meeting, which resulted in a 0.25% rate hike to a range of 5.25-5.5%, the market will have about two months to examine incoming economic data that will be critical for the Fed’s future interest rate decisions. On Thursday, the second-quarter advanced GDP...

Hold onto your coffee cups, 'cause we're kicking off the day with GREAT news! GDP soars to 2.4% in Q2 2023. This is up from 2% in Q1. The “for sure recession" is nowhere in sight - it vanished like a magician's trick! Market Prices as of 4 pm EST, 7/26/23 Macro Sales of new...

Good Morning Traders! In today's Market Clubhouse Morning Memo, we will discuss SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, TSLA, and NVDA. Our proprietary formula, exclusive to Market Clubhouse, dictates these price levels. This dynamic equation takes into account price, volume, and options flow. These levels are...

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, renowned economist and Professor at Ford School Justin Wolfers shared his insights on the Federal Reserve’s recent press conference, suggesting that future tightening of monetary policy is still very much on the table. What Happened: Wolfers argued that the...

The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 0.25% to 5.25%-5.5% as widely anticipated Wednesday, pushing borrowing costs to their highest level since February 2001. This move marks a resumption of rate hikes after a brief pause in June, bringing the cumulative increase to 5.25 percentage...

In the early hours of trading on Wednesday, a sense of caution and higher risk aversion prevails among investors as they eagerly await the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates and Jerome Powell‘s remarks during the press conference. The Fed is likely to raise rates by 25 basis...

Good Morning Traders! In today's Market Clubhouse Morning Memo, we will discuss SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, GOOGL, and NVDA. Our proprietary formula, exclusive to Market Clubhouse, dictates these price levels. This dynamic equation takes into account price, volume, and options flow. These levels are...

Investors are on standby for the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting’s interest rate decision, due to be announced on Wednesday, July 26, at 2:00 p.m. ET. While the market has already fully priced in a 25-basis-point rate hike to a target range of 5.25%-5.5%, the Fed’s...

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Critical Week Please click here for a chart of SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ARCA: SPY) which represents the benchmark stock market index S&P 500 (SPX). Note the following: The chart shows that ahead of the critical week, the stock...

A packed week ahead with Fed Chair Jerome Powell and FOMC set for Wednesday, GDP numbers pre-market on Thursday and PCE data on Friday, in addition to companies such as $MSFT (NASDAQ: MSFT), $GOOGL (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and $META (NASDAQ: META) reporting earnings. Will these events act as a...

What a week it was! After 4 weeks inside a weekly bearish imbalance from April of 2022, the S&P fiiled, broke above AND closed above that level. ES was points away from reaching into the next imbalance, this one from January of 2022. That imbalance has been filled, but there was never a close...

In an unexpected turn of events, James Bullard, long-serving president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis since 2008, revealed his decision Thursday to terminate his tenure prematurely Aug. 14. He declared his intent to take on a new role at Purdue University, starting the next day. The bank...