Stocks rallied last week following dovish comments and forecasts from the Federal Reserve, but Chair Powell said inflation may be 'transitory', which brought back nasty flashbacks from 2021. Investors are as bearish as ever, but retail investors have been buying the dip on our favorite stocks that are way off their recent highs. Is our timing terrible, or have we decided that the market has bottomed and the tariffs that go into effect next week will just be a minor adjustment? Plus, what the SKEW Index is telling us, and what to expect in the stock market and the economy this week.

LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES:

https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-11700527

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/skew-index.asp

https://www.cboe.com/us/indices/dashboard/skew/

https://www.carsongroup.com/insights/blog/four-reasons-not-to-panic-and-sell-right-now/

https://www.investopedia.com/dot-plot-spotlight-fed-sees-interest-rate-cuts-coming-11699946

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