Is the Fed Rate Cut Still Coming Despite Geopolitical Inflation?
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Hosts Justin Klein & Luke Guerrero, CFA | Wealth Managers and Investment Advisors
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Federal Reserve officials are grappling with conflicting signals as Middle East turmoil threatens to reignite inflation just as they were considering rate cuts. The central bank's delicate balancing act between economic growth and price stability faces its biggest test since the pandemic.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc. (EVLV), Market Wrap, Vontier Corporation (VNT), Micron Technology, Inc. (MU), Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT), Gen Digital Inc. (GEN), Is the Fed Rate Cut Still Coming Despite Geopolitical Inflation?, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL), Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM), Chevron Corporation (CVX), Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Consumer Staple Stocks, EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (EL.PA), Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG).
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| 0:00.0 | On radio, on YouTube, streaming live on invest talk.com, and for our podcast subscribers, this is InvestTalk. Independent thinking, shared success. Invest talk is made possible by KPP Financial, a registered investment advisor firm, serving clients throughout the United States. |
| 0:27.2 | Here is KPP Financial Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advisor, Justin Klein. |
| 0:34.9 | Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to Investstock. This is our Monday, March 30th, |
| 0:41.4 | 2026 edition of Investstock. I'm Justin Klein and I am here to help you become a better investor, |
| 0:47.8 | a lot going on in markets. We're having this pullback on the inflationary spike that is, |
| 0:55.1 | that we're in the midst of. |
| 0:59.8 | I don't think most people have felt it quite yet, but we are going to feel it very, very soon. And the market is starting to price that in. And that means certain areas, |
| 1:05.2 | the markets are struggling more than others. And we're going to dig into that and much, |
| 1:09.9 | much more during this hour. |
| 1:12.1 | It's going to be really about the current market environment, the current trends that we're |
| 1:15.8 | seeing and how they will impact you, your portfolio, and the broader economy. |
| 1:21.9 | So that's what this hour is about. |
| 1:23.3 | We're going to bring you data and perspective. |
| 1:26.0 | I have over 25 years of investment experience. And we're also going to answer you data and perspective. I have over 25 years of investment experience. |
| 1:29.2 | And we're also going to answer your finance investment questions. |
| 1:31.8 | Whatever is on your mind, we are here for it. |
| 1:35.1 | So in just a bit, we'll talk about today's market performance and run down the show topics that we'll hit on for the hour. |
| 1:41.4 | But as usual, we'll tackle this first caller question now. |
| 1:45.0 | Hi, I was hoping that you would talk about Evolve Technologies, EVLV. |
| 1:50.0 | I was just wondering if you think it might be a good long-term, it has any good long-term potential. |
| 1:55.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:56.0 | Evolve technologies is about a billion dollar market cap and what do they do they provide |
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