Fed dampens mood, Microsoft & Meta underwhelm

Three central bank decisions, a Trump–Xi handshake, and a flood of Big Tech earnings — all in less than 24 hours! The Fed cut rates but Powell poured cold water on December cut hopes, sending yields surging and the dollar rising. Nvidia hit an eye-watering $5 trillion valuation, Microsoft and Meta stumbled on AI spending warning. Meanwhile, SK Hynix and Google kept the chip and cloud dreams alive. Can Apple and Amazon keep the momentum today? Or will markets lose their nerve after the hawkish Fed shock? Listen to find out more? Ipek Ozkardeskaya has begun her financial career in 2010 in the structured products desk of the Swiss Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. She worked at HSBC Private Bank in Geneva in relation to high and ultra-high net worth clients. In 2012, she started as FX Strategist at Swissquote Bank. She worked as a Senior Market Analyst in London Capital Group in London and in Shanghai. She returned to Swissquote Bank as Senior Analyst in 2020.