Investors should cheer for a slower-cutting Fed: Strategist
Charles Schwab chief investment strategist Liz Ann Sonders joins Market Domination Overtime to discuss Tuesday's market movement (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) ahead of two major events — Nvidia (NVDA) earnings and the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. Sonders calls Nvidia the "poster child" for AI, and explains that the recent pullback in the technology sector is largely due to investors looking for revenue generation from capital expenditures spending. She believes that this issue will not be resolved after Nvidia reports earnings, yet after the earnings call, investors "might start to fill in some of the blanks given what Nvidia is going to say, especially as it relates to their outlook." As interest rate cuts loom ahead, Sonders expects a 25-basis-point cut at the Fed's September meeting. While some investors have their hopes up for a 50-basis-point cut, she warns, "be careful what you wish for, because if you look at all historical rate-cutting cycles, there is a pretty meaningful difference between what the market does, particularly if you measure it via things like maximum drawdown, when the Fed is moving aggressively versus the fed moving more slowly. Typically, if they're moving aggressively, they're combating a recession or a financial crisis or some combination thereof. So you actually want to be cheering for a Fed that has its eye on the escalator on the way down, not the elevator on the way down." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination Overtime. This post was written by Melanie Riehl
