Nick Hopwood | Markets Brace for Rate Cuts, Chip Sales Shift, and Record Stock Buybacks

Nick Hopwood, Certified Financial Planner and Founder of Peak Wealth, shares key insights on the current financial landscape, highlighting that the market now predicts an 80% chance of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month, even as upcoming inflation data is expected to settle around 2.7%. He notes that 15% of Nvidia and AMD chip sales in China will now be redirected to the U.S. Treasury, while stock buybacks are on track to hit an all-time high this year. Despite August typically bringing negative surprises, this year shows extreme complacency with the VIX volatility index below 16, indicating low market volatility. Hopwood also critiques the Bureau of Labor Statistics for inaccuracies, pointing out that last month’s jobs numbers were significantly overstated by 258,000.

 

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