Cutting interest rates by 50 basis points! The Federal Reserve initiates a aggressive first step to open a period of monetary easing.
Understand the attitude changes of policymakers in the Federal Reserve's latest statement, providing investors with the latest macroeconomic news.
Daily options tracking | Strong surge of over 38%! Intuitive machine with multiple call options makes over 10 times the profit; Interest rate cut stimulates bullish, emerging markets ETF call options surge to 80%
Apple rose nearly 2% overnight, with options volume increasing by nearly double to 1.318 million contracts compared to the previous trading day. The highest volume was for a call option expiring tomorrow with a strike price of $222.5, totaling 0.13 million contracts. In addition, several call options expiring on Friday saw significant gains, with the most impressive increase exceeding twice the initial investment.
The smaller the plate, the more fierce the rise? Rate cuts plus a soft landing, the Russell 2000 has risen for six consecutive days and may become the 'big winner'!
After the Federal Reserve announced a 50 basis point rate cut, the three major US stock indexes all straight up but ended with losses; the small cap representative e-mini Russell 2000 index also straight up, with greater elasticity, and ultimately closed flat; 'aggressive rate cuts' meets 'strong economy/soft landing', small caps are considered to benefit more from loose mmf policies.
Fed's Median Dots Suggest 25 Basis-Point Cuts Are Likely in Remainder of 2024 -- Market Talk
Several value stock ETFs have reached new highs! Will the uptrend continue with the start of the interest rate cut cycle?
Nomura Securities found that after studying historical rate-cut cycles, three months after the Fed cut interest rates by 50 basis points, the performance of value stocks outperformed growth stocks.
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