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Stocks Retreat as Fed Signals Possible Higher Interest Rates

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Stocks Retreat as Fed Signals Possible Higher Interest Rates The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday closed down -1.21%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.98%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.99%…
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  • Fed Chair Keven Warsh is appointing task forces to examine central bank functions, including communications, the balance sheet, reliance on existing data sources, productivity and jobs, and the Fed's inflation framework.

    60% confidence
  • The committee will deliver price stability.

    60% confidence
  • The recent rally in trucking and logistics stocks had been overdone.

    60% confidence
  • Downgraded Leidos Holdings to neutral from buy.

    60% confidence
  • Goldman Sachs cut its Brent crude price forecast to $80/barrel in Q4 2026, down from $90/barrel, and expects Persian Gulf crude exports to return to pre-war levels by end of July.

    60% confidence
  • Downgraded Rexford Industrial Realty to underweight from neutral with $25 price target.

    60% confidence
  • Initiated coverage on Figma with buy rating and $36 price target.

    60% confidence
  • Upgraded Wabash National to buy from neutral with $20 price target.

    60% confidence
  • Upgraded Credicorp to overweight from equal weight with $480 price target.

    60% confidence
  • At some point, people stop trusting; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is all over the map, which will backfire on him.

    60% confidence
  • Downgraded ResMed to equal weight from overweight.

    60% confidence
  • Pass-through of the increase in energy and other raw material prices to the market has already occurred; at least one more rate increase is more likely than not.

    60% confidence
  • Initiated coverage on Ormat Technologies with underperform rating and $115 price target.

    60% confidence

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Federal Reserve · rate hike probability next meeting36 percent
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