The Side of Rate Cuts Nobody Is Telling You About

Macro is often an intimidating term for retail investors, as it encompasses everything from interest rates to inflation, employment, and global capital flows. However, macroeconomic forces are the true drivers behind every major market cycle. Not Federal Reserve (the Fed) rate cuts or hikes, not earnings—its macro that determines whether industries soar or stumble. Today, the macro picture is a bit confusing, as it is a mix of 2019 and 1974: softening economic data, rising inflation, and increasing unemploy ...