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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: September 23, 2024
After a dramatic leadup to the September FOMC, Fed officials cut the federal funds rate by 50 basis points instead of 25. The first rate cut since 2020.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: September 16, 2024
The Fed will make its highly anticipated rate decision this week. A cut during the September meeting has been all but guaranteed for the past few weeks and the remaining debate surrounded the size. A 25-basis point cut seemed a near certainty following higher than expected CPI data last week, but a curiously timed Wall Street Journal article reopened the discussion. Now a 50-basis point cut appears most likely.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: September 9, 2024
The S&P 500 fell -4% last week, its worst week since March 2023. Job market data also disappointed, but shouldn't force a 50-point rate cut at September FOMC.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: September 3, 2024
The final week of August contained two much anticipated releases – Nvidia’s earnings and PCE inflation and spending data.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: August 26, 2024
Investors turned their attention to Jackson Hole last week – the site of the Fed’s annual economic symposium – for clues on the path of monetary policy.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: August 19, 2024
Economic data broadly exceeded expectations last week, leading to the best week of the year for financial markets.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: August 12, 2024
Concerns around a softening U.S. job market were exacerbated by a historic market decline in Japan. Volatility saw one of the largest one-day spikes on record.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: August 5, 2024
Those wanting an assured path to lower rates had their wishes all but granted following last week’s soft economic data. However, investors should be careful what they wish for, as that assurance came as a consequence of renewed recessionary fears given the soft data.
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Sunflower Bank – Market Commentary
Weekly Market Update: July 29, 2024
Expanded market breadth is generally supportive of a longer-term bull market but rotation out of select mega cap stocks may create near-term volatility and draws parallels to the dot-com era.
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