Market Minute With Kenny Polcari: July 25, 2022

by Kenny Polcari
By Kenny Polcari

I’m going to come right out and say it: There was a lot of craziness going on in the markets last week.

The slew of issues markets had to deal with ranged from whether Russia would be turning the Nord Stream pipeline back on for Europe to whether the European Central Bank would raise rates by 25 or 50 basis points.

As far as what’s going on here in the U.S. in terms of macro data, there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Where’s the Fed going to be this week concerning the next rate hike?

The rate hike will likely take place between tomorrow and Wednesday, with the news ultimately coming out on Wednesday afternoon.

Now, the markets did fairly decently over the weekend. They rallied into the end of the week and while it was another good week, we did see some weakness on Friday:

 

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To your Wealth & Wisdom,

Kenny Polcari
Host

About the Financial News Anchor & Analyst

A professional trader since 1981, Kenny went from intern to floor trader to governor at the NYSE. He ran a division of a major Wall Street bank and built the U.S. equities business at one of the world’s largest broker-dealers. Today he shares his four-plus decades of financial acumen with Weiss members via his Wealth & Wisdom service.

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