Fed rate cut and tech boom could lift markets but a choppy summer still looms, analyst warns
After a roller-coaster first half for US stocks, investors hoping for smooth sailing in the back half of 2025 should hold off on celebrating.
Keith Lerner, co-chief investment officer at Truist, says the technical picture remains bullish, but valuations are stretched, and seasonal volatility could test investor resolve before year-end.
“I think the bias is still high,” Lerner said on Yahoo Finance’s Opening Bid.
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NVIDIA Just Dropped 30%, Why Smart Money Isn’t Worried
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been among the best-performing investments of the past several years. Despite the returns it has delivered to shareholders, the share price is now under significant pressure.
NVDA’s 52-week high was $153.13, but the stock has been hovering over 30% lower in recent weeks, so will NVIDIA be able to return to its 52-week high,
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Wall Street’s Favorite Sleeper in the AI Infrastructure Boom?
Data streaming might sound like a back-office technology, the kind of thing only engineers care about, but it’s quickly becoming a foundational pillar of the digital world. And while most investors are busy chasing flashy AI stocks, one lesser-known name sits quietly at the heart of this infrastructure shift, Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT).
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Few traders in history have the capacity to seamlessly transition across asset classes, zooming out to see the big macro picture and in to see the minutia of a company’s 10Q but Stan Druckenmiller ranks as one of the few who have succeeded in so doing.
Stan’s thesis has been that the Fed is really in a bind,