Hello, fellow Rebel Capital, so hope you're well. Jerome Powell just came out and made a huge

announcement the market's been waiting for. Well, it's a huge announcement, but it was pretty much

expected. He kept rates the same. So we're in a rate cutting cycle, but once again,

Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve paused. So the question becomes,

how did markets respond, especially the bond market, and what is he likely going to do next

and throughout the rest of 2025? So let's shoot straight over to CNBC, check out the details.

Usually when there's like a 97% chance that the Fed keeps rates the same. It's all about Jerome Powell's remarks after he comes out and makes the main announcement. So are his remarks hawkish? Are they fetish? Are they fetish? That was a good slip, wasn't it? Are they hawkish? Are they fetish? Are they fetish?

That was a good slip, wasn't it?

Are they hawkish?

Are they bearish?

Or fetish?

Whichever one you prefer.

Oh, but before I dig myself into a deeper hole, let's shoot straight over to CNBC

and try to check out the details here and then connect some dots.

So going over there right now, let me go ahead and refresh.

And oh, my mic's too high.

So the Dow, okay, so the Dow looks like it's responding pretty well because going into this,

I think it was right around 100 points up.

And so we're up a bit, almost 400 points.

S&P 500 up about 40, NASDAQ, trailing the Dow, which is kind of surprising, at 0.62%.

But look at the VIX, guys.

The VIX is still above 20. So if you are a bowl,

...