FOMC Rate Hike All but Confirmed? New York Stocks Cowered the Day Before

FOMC rate hike all but confirmed?… New York stocks cowered the day before [Wall Street Newsletter]
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Speakers
Park Myung-seok — Curator

Summary

Park Myung-suk, curator of the Wall Street Newsletter, reviews markets ahead of the FOMC, where a rate hike is almost fully priced in. He covers rising bond yields, oil supply disruptions, AI speed-modulation concerns, semiconductor buy-the-dip views, and company news from Meta, Amazon, Google, banks, and SpaceX. The main market implication is caution into the FOMC, with dollar and oil supported by hikes and supply risks, while semiconductor fundamentals remain defended by industry CEOs and analysts.

  • FOMC rate hike is nearly fully priced; market waits for dot plot and guidance.
  • 10-year Treasury yield tops 5%, pressuring equities and supporting the dollar.
  • Oil rises on Saudi export disruptions, Libya force majeure risk, and Middle East tensions.
  • AI speed-moderation debate hits tech sentiment, but semiconductor CEOs and analysts defend fundamentals.
  • Wells Fargo cuts S&P 500 target and rotates from tech to healthcare.
  • Meta, Amazon, and Google show AI product and partnership progress.
  • JPMorgan and Wells Fargo ease bank-system risk fears; Robinhood faces insider-trading charges.
  • SpaceX Starship test is framed as positive for space-related stocks.
Ideas
Fed hike supports dollar rebound.
The dollar index is rising as the market prices in an almost certain Fed rate hike. If the Fed hikes, the recent weak-dollar/debasement trade should unwind and the dollar is likely to stay supported.
Supply disruptions keep oil supported.
Oil has been climbing for weeks to around $105 as attacks damage Saudi crude infrastructure, the East-West pipeline and Yanbu loadings are disrupted, and Libya's state oil company may declare force majeure; these supply bottlenecks keep oil supported even though the U.S. DOE calls some disruptions temporary.
S&P faces FOMC correction risk.
Wells Fargo cut its S&P 500 target to 7,700 from 7,950 and sees 5-10% downside risk from late-cycle multiple compression, while hedge funds are building shorts before the midterms; the FOMC outcome is the key near-term catalyst.
Wells Fargo rotates tech to healthcare.
Wells Fargo downgraded technology from overweight to neutral and upgraded healthcare from neutral to overweight, implying a rotation away from rate-sensitive tech multiples toward healthcare as the cycle matures.
Wells Fargo rotates tech to healthcare.
Wells Fargo downgraded technology from overweight to neutral and upgraded healthcare from neutral to overweight, implying a rotation away from rate-sensitive tech multiples toward healthcare as the cycle matures.
High yields make bonds attractive.
With 10-year yields above 5%, bonds are becoming more attractive relative to equities; a Chicago-based advisor still prefers stocks but sees rising bond appeal and suggests considering some fixed-income allocation.
Nvidia CEO defends AI demand.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly said no new AI regulation is needed, argued every company will become an AI company, and is pushing open-weight Nemotron and AI factory initiatives with Salesforce; this defends Nvidia's AI ecosystem and demand narrative.
Semiconductor pullback is buying opportunity.
The AI speed-moderation scare has hit semiconductor shares, but industry CEOs and analysts say fundamentals and order visibility are unchanged, there is no evidence of hardware supply-chain cuts, and BofA raised its semiconductor industry CAGR from 14% to 18%; the pullback is a buying opportunity.
Broadcom AI outlook unchanged.
Broadcom's CEO said its 2027 and 2028 outlooks are unchanged despite the AI speed-moderation debate, giving a company-specific signal that AI semiconductor demand visibility remains intact.
Rosenblatt likes Nokia optical.
Rosenblatt is positive on optical communications and specifically finds Nokia attractive in that area, suggesting improving demand for optical networking.
Meta AI chip and subscription upside.
Meta is developing a custom AI chip designed for its workloads to reduce energy and cost, has launched Meta One subscription services, and is showing better strategic direction; the stock has lagged and is recovering, making these AI efficiency and monetization moves attractive.
AWS AI contract supports Amazon.
AWS signed a four-year contract with Cognition AI, an AI engineering/autonomous coding firm, which should strengthen AWS's AI ecosystem and validates demand for its cloud/AI hosting services.
Google opens AI to accelerate.
Google is opening up to external AI models by allowing engineers to use Claude and released a competitive AI agent voice model, suggesting it is becoming less complacent and more aggressive in AI, which supports its hyperscaler position.
Banks refute high-rate system risk.
After Bank of America's plunge raised high-rate banking-system worries, JPMorgan said Q3 investment-banking revenue will be strong and Wells Fargo said net interest margin is improving, easing systemic risk fears and supporting large banks.
Starship test boosts space stocks.
SpaceX's 14th Starship test on September 22 aims to reach orbit, and Musk expects full reusability next year; this is a positive catalyst for space-related stocks.
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