1216 - FOMC Whipsaw: Fed Rate Cuts, Dot Plots...

What if your first failure in trading wasn’t the end of your story—but simply part of the process? In this episode, Akil shares his own journey of coming back to a strategy that once failed him and why sometimes you don’t need a new strategy—you need a new version of yourself. Pl ...  Show more

Sometimes, the breakthrough you need starts with a truth you don’t want to hear. Akil shares the defining moment when he finally admitted he was doing things wrong, accepted help, and gained confidence that he could become a successful trader.Learn to Trade at www.TierOneTrading. ...  Show more

In this episode, we explain the market's obsession with the Federal Reserve's Dot-Plot matrix. Explaining why the Fed uses it, how market participants perceive it, and whether it's even that good an indicator of future interest rates? We also look at the slide ...  Show more

Markets have stayed calm so far this week, but central banks and geopolitics were anything but. Anthony and Piers break down the Fed’s muted meeting, the revised growth and inflation forecasts, and the hidden signals in the dot plot. Over in the UK, a dovish shift at the Bank of ...  Show more

The Federal Reserve announced a small cut yesterday. Normally, that heartens markets. But we are not in normal times, and somewhat measured comments about the coming year seemed to have spooked traders. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Aiden Reiter try to figure out what h ...

Yesterday brought a mixed set of signals across global markets. We saw unexpected optimism from Germany, developments on the US–China trade front, stronger-than-expected US retail sales figures, and mounting anticipation ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Equi ...  Show more