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Wall Street Breakfast

The Week Ahead: Fed Meeting, AI 'Megatrend'

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business, Investing, Business News, News

3.8950 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The market anticipates the Fed will hike rates 25 basis points this week at a crucial 2 day meeting that has investors on edge. Nike (NKE) is expected to post its fiscal third quarter update. And, NVIDIA (NVDA) will present its latest advancements in AI this week, and analysts say the megatrend is becoming harder to ignore.

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Stocks to Watch:
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4588490-stocks-to-watch-all-eyes-on-the-federal-reserve

Catalyst Watch:
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3931946-catalyst-watch-google-talks-ai-nordstrom-drama-and-canada-goose-event?hasComeFromMpArticle=false

Earnings Week Ahead:
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3948534-earnings-week-ahead-nike-chewy-general-mills-gamestop-and-more

Morgan Stanley Upgrades on AI 'Megatrend’:
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3948465-nvidia-stock-rises-morgan-stanley-upgrades-ai-megatrend?hasComeFromMpArticle=false

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0:00.0

Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover top news for investors every morning.

0:07.6

Good morning. Today is Sunday March 19th. Welcome to this edition of Wall Street Breakfast. I'm Lauren Izzo. Coming up on today's

0:15.9

show. The market anticipates the Fed will hike rates 25 basis points this week

0:22.0

at a crucial two-day meeting that has investors on edge.

0:26.2

Nike is expected to post its fiscal third quarter update, and NVIDIA will present its latest

0:32.2

advancements in AI this week,

0:34.8

and analysts say the mega trend is becoming harder to ignore.

0:39.4

But first, before we get to our top stories,

0:41.9

let's take a look at what's expected in the markets this week.

0:45.9

The headliner this week is of course the crucial two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve's

0:50.7

policymaking committee. Outside of the Fed drama, economic reports due to poor in include the existing home sales update on March 20th.

0:59.0

The new home sales numbers on March 23rdrd and the Durable Goods Orders report on March 24th.

1:07.0

The corporate calendar features one of the biggest events of the year for NVIDIA.

1:11.4

The Chipmakers' GTC conference will be closely watched across the tech

1:15.6

sector, with some discussion on AI chips anticipated.

1:20.1

Nike will also report earnings this week with investors looking to get some insight on how demand and inventory trends are holding up for the Dow 30 stock.

1:29.7

More on that coming up next. Now let's get to our top stories.

1:34.4

The upcoming Federal Reserve meeting

1:36.5

has some investors on a razor's edge

1:39.6

over the potential for an unexpectedly hawkish tilt.

1:43.0

Futures trading implies a 74.5% probability of a 25 basis point rate hike by the Fed

1:50.8

and a 25.5% chance of no hike at all.

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