Even without any interest rate cuts so far in 2024 and with the likelihood of just one meager rate reduction by the end of the year — the stock market has been purring along. That’s quite an achievement, given the expectation in January that the Fed would trim rates six or seven times in 2024 — and that interest rates throughout the economy would be much lower by now.
Fund Manager Talk: Trump presidency not a big threat to IT but can affect FII flow: Krishnan VR
In the coming weeks, investors face a busy period with the Q3 earnings season, Trump’s swearing-in, the Fed meeting, and the Union Budget. The strategy