Interest Rates: Hike or Not Hike, that is the question

 


The Fed's pivot from 'maybe more hikes' to 'cuts next year' had the markets in ecstasy. The Dow and S&P 500 hit all-time records. The yield on the 10-yr US treasury went below 4%. And average 30-year mortgage rates fell to 6.6%. That's a decrease of nearly 150 bps (1.5%) in just two months. ListReports  

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