Market Drama

Featuring Zoe CEO & Founder, Andres Garcia-Amaya, CFA

January 30, 2023 
Watch Time: 3 minutes

Welcome to this week’s Market Drama!

  • The S&P 500 was up 2.2% last week. Currently it is up 6.4% for the year. 
  • Nasdaq was up 4.7%, which tells you the riskier part of the stock market rallied more. 
  • We had better than expected fourth quarter GDP numbers. 
  • In-line inflation numbers: 
    • Core PCE was up 4.4% year-over-year.
    • Fourth quarter GDP rose 2.9% for the quarter. Better than the expected number of 2.8%.
      • Biggest drivers of the growth were government spending and inventories.
      • Consumption hasn’t collapsed. 

When it comes to this week: 

  • The Fed will announce if they’re hiking interest rates by 25 basis points, 50 basis points, or half a percent, a quarter of a percent on Wednesday. 
  • The market will be watching and looking for signs on what to expect, at the press conference with the Fed.
  • As of now they have forecasted that interest rates will hike up to 5%. 

Stay tuned for next week.

– Andres

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