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38. Predicting the "Future" (Fed Funds Futures 101)


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Interest rates drive everything in the markets, and expectations of rate cuts or hikes by the Fed can move the markets and make or break fortunes.  But how do we know what 'the market' expects?  In today's skinny mini we break down the simple truth behind where numbers like 'the market expects there is a 72% chance of a rate cut' comes from and why the current situation is wildly contradictary.

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