The S&P 500 index was up every day this week.� This was not due to specific news, but rather to a growing belief that the Federal Reserve may be nearing the end of its current rate hike phase.
That line has been heard before.� That doesn't matter, and neither does the fact that there was little from the Federal Reserve to change market perceptions.� There was a bit of data that helped, but not much.�
The February core CPI was up 0.1%.� That was a bit below an expected gain, but the underlying trend in inflation
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