In the latest LPL Market Signals podcast, LPL Research’s Chief Equity Strategist, Jeffrey Buchbinder, is joined by Chief Fixed Income Strategist Lawrence Gillum, as they discuss the rare streak of negative market breadth readings, share their bond market outlook for 2025, and preview the week ahead featuring the last Federal Reserve meeting of 2024.

Stocks pulled back modestly last week, but the biggest story was the 10-day streak of negative breadth readings. Gains in big tech stocks have helped support the S&P 500 Index in recent weeks, but the strategists point out that the lack of broad participation points to a tired rally.

Next, the strategists discussed what fixed income investors could experience in 2025. While the Fed’s rate-cutting cycle will influence longer-term rates, a still flat U.S. Treasury yield curve and elevated levels of Treasury supply expected next year could keep rates around current levels. However, income-oriented investors have a plethora of opportunities to build portfolios that can generate income levels in excess of 5%.

The strategists close with a quick preview of this week’s Fed meeting where the comments from Jerome Powell and the Committee may matter more to markets than the fully expected rate cut or updated economic forecasts.

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