The Fed's January Decision
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Hosts Justin Klein & Luke Guerrero, CFA | Wealth Managers and Investment Advisors
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🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Federal Reserve concluded its two-day meeting today (Jan 28). We willanalyze the decision, the updated "Dot Plot," and whether Chair Powell is finally ready to declare victory on inflation.
Today's Stocks & Topics: KeyCorp (KEY), Market Wrap, Toast, Inc. (TOST), Limited Partnership, IREN Limited (IREN), “The Fed's January Decision”, Vertiv Holdings Co (VRT), Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp. (OTF), Bond Options, ONEOK, Inc. (OKE), Taxes, Silver Tiger Metals Inc. (SLVTF), Discovery Silver Corp. (DSVSF).
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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. |
| 0:12.9 | Independent thinking, shared success. InvestTalk is made possible by KPP Financial, a registered investment advisor firm, serving clients throughout the United States. |
| 0:27.4 | Here is KPP Financial Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advisor, Justin Klein. |
| 0:36.4 | Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome back to Invest Talk. |
| 0:40.9 | This is our Thursday, January 29th, 2026 edition of InvestTalk. |
| 0:46.2 | And we're in the midst of running season. |
| 0:48.2 | There's some good news from some other big tech names and some bad news and mixed market. |
| 0:53.7 | And Bitcoin is down big once again |
| 0:56.1 | down to $85,000 per coin. So certainly a mixed market. A lot of moving parts. I'm here for |
| 1:03.8 | your questions. I'm here to answer them. I'm here to bring you data and perspective so that |
| 1:07.5 | you can become a better investor. That's what this show is about each and every weekday. |
| 1:13.1 | So whatever is on your mind, don't hesitate to reach out and give me a call. |
| 1:18.3 | Now, in just a bit, we'll talk about today's Mark Performance. |
| 1:21.7 | We'll run down the show topics as usual, but let's tackle this first caller question now. |
| 1:27.1 | Hello, my name is David. I'm San Jose. Call regarding Key Corp Bank. I had it for a while. It's been doing good for me, but I want to know if it's a safe stock to hold. Look forward to your answer. Thank you. I love this question mainly because that last part. Is it a safe stock to own? What does that mean? What does safe stock to own mean? |
| 1:46.0 | Now, it's trending nicely. Its relative strength is 84. Earnings expectations for this year and next |
| 1:51.8 | year are going up. And so its business is doing well. A lot of banks are doing well because |
| 1:57.7 | regulations are coming down. They're lending more. The yield curve is |
| 2:02.4 | steepened over the past year or so. That's positive for their business, et cetera. So in the |
| 2:07.4 | short term, the answer is, yes, I would keep it. It's one of the better performing banks that are |
| 2:13.2 | out there. But that's a different question then. Is this a safe stock to own? Because it's a bank. |
| 2:19.3 | Banks are never safe. Banks are cyclical. And they are also a subject both positively and negatively to changes in the regulatory regime. Remember, volatility can go both ways. In this instance, the volatility is positive, at least in the short term, for banks in |
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