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Speaker 1: We're gonna take a look now at the stock market

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Speaker 1: the bond market. Him. I just want to point out

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Speaker 1: a little bit more of the detail on the big

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Speaker 1: notes and ten year notes on the same day, and

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Speaker 1: they're quarterly refunding. But in fact, today billion dollars or

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Speaker 1: anyway at the highest since June, weaker than usual demand,

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Speaker 1: the bid to cover ratios UH coming down a good bit.

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Speaker 1: I guess it's not too surprising given that there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of uncertainty about where the FED goes next, but

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Speaker 1: certainly it's something investors are watching very closely. In fact,

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Speaker 1: let's bring one in now, Jeff Carbone, co founder and

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Speaker 1: managing partner of Cornerstone Financial Partners, to tell us his

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Speaker 1: view on the FED and what it's going to mean

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Speaker 1: for stocks. Jeff, welcome to the show. Oh, thank you.

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Speaker 1: So did Leo Branard Fed governor when she spoke and

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Speaker 1: urged prudence in the course of hiking rates. In other words,

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Speaker 1: she seems to be argue, maybe for a little later

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Speaker 1: rather than sooner? Did it change your view on the

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Speaker 1: stock market, which seemed to like it. Our Bloomberg terminal

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Speaker 1: shows another nice leg up in the SMP five hundred

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Speaker 1: this afternoon after she spoke. Absolutely, I think to raise

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Speaker 1: or not to craize that is the question, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: So that's what we're that is what we're looking at.

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Speaker 1: And uh, certainly you take the last today with the

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Speaker 1: So it was interesting to her speaking today because part

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Speaker 1: concern of what she have more of a hawker is

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Speaker 1: stance and um a rate hike in September, which has

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Speaker 1: seemed to be on the table up until today when

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Speaker 1: the Fed when the probability factor just fell to about

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Speaker 1: so certainly looks less likely that September rate hike would happen.

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Speaker 1: My thoughts have always been didn't would not make sense

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Speaker 1: leading up to the election to raise it, to raise

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Speaker 1: I do think we will get a rate hike in December.

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Speaker 1: So what we've been doing with for our clients and

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Speaker 1: our portfolios has just taken a more cautious stance. We

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Speaker 1: we had the FED meeting, the theme of the election, certainly,

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Speaker 1: the uncertainty and volatility of the September October markets is

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Speaker 1: always out there. So has not been a bad time

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Speaker 1: to be a little bit more UM defensive in the portfolios,

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Speaker 1: and we have. We've got a little bit more cash

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Speaker 1: and we typically would. But what that means is we're

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Speaker 1: looking for a time and when can we put the

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Speaker 1: dry powder back to work, and we'll look we're looking

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Speaker 1: for probably a five to eight percent pullback and we'll

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Speaker 1: we'll put the money back to work in sectors that

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Speaker 1: are less interest rate sensitive, so we'll look to UM.

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Speaker 1: We look for some financials. We like technology, consumer discretionary,

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Speaker 1: like right now. Jeff, While all investors are not created equal,

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Speaker 1: I wonder if you give us an idea or a

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Speaker 1: hint about how much cash you would expect intelligent portfolios

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Speaker 1: to have right now for that dry powder that you

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Speaker 1: just described. Yeah, we were recommending anywhere and just like

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Speaker 1: you said, not all portfolios nor investors are created equal.

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Speaker 1: So we we've looked from anywhere from a twelve as

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Speaker 1: high as a cash position. Right now, um, we have

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Speaker 1: of the sectors that had were overvalued, like some consumer

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Speaker 1: staples as well as utilities that we fit we've kind

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Speaker 1: we're seeing them rebound a bit today. So where Friday was,

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Speaker 1: was down. Today we're seeing a little bit of reversal

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Speaker 1: I'm glad to see that we were expecting volatility but

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Speaker 1: didn't expect it as quickly as it happened. Right now. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, Jeffy, it just seems to me that there's

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Speaker 1: there's a couple of ways you can look at this,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's very tough. If you're a money manager, right,

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Speaker 1: a it's a vote of confidence in the economy. And

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Speaker 1: so it's a positive background for stocks. And sure socks

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Speaker 1: What's the fear that they're going to raise rates four

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Speaker 1: and I think that's the concern is that, Okay, why

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Speaker 1: outside of and you know we've been on uh you know,

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Speaker 1: So the concern would be if they raise rates too quickly.

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Speaker 1: And what we're already in a slow growth uh you

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Speaker 1: We still have weakness in manufacturing. So it's the concern

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Speaker 1: put into recession a slow, slow economy. Uh So that's

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Speaker 1: I think what we're seeing as a fear. Well if

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Speaker 1: slow rise at rates. UM. You know, they did go

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Speaker 1: well we haven't even gotten We saw one in fifteen,

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Speaker 1: we're probably going to see one in December. We're looking

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Speaker 1: at two rate hikes possibly next year. But even from

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Speaker 1: that they will need to be at a slower pace

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Speaker 1: be an interesting UM. The area to watch is do

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Speaker 1: we have consistency with our fed governors to raise rates

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Speaker 1: at a slow and steady pace. Another thing to watch

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Speaker 1: of course, is the upcoming election in November, and it's

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Speaker 1: we know the markets don't like uncertainty, and with this election,

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Speaker 1: we're we're seeing a lot of uncertainty when you look

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Speaker 1: at you know, the polls, and the polls are getting

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Speaker 1: getting some getting some momentum. But you when you look

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Speaker 1: at the favorability polls, neither his his every favorable candidate.

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Speaker 1: So when we look at that, no, if you end

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Speaker 1: negative undertone to the market. So whether you're you're a

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Speaker 1: that you go out and vote. However, there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a lot of disappointed UM voters that their candidate did

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Speaker 1: not win. So from an economy standpoint, on the stock market,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's yet to be seen. But my thoughts

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Speaker 1: are it's going to be more of a negative UM,

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Speaker 1: based upon what's what we're seeing right now. Quick final question, Uh,

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Speaker 1: at the end of next year, where is the stock

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Speaker 1: market going to be? I still think we're going to

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Speaker 1: be in a positive I think we're going to see Uh,

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Speaker 1: we haven't. We haven't had this overheated economy UM. But

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Speaker 1: even though GDP has been slow, and we are seeing

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Speaker 1: you improved revenue and earnings UM. And that's the two

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Speaker 1: key drivers. Are earnings are the expectation of earnings is

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Speaker 1: what drives the stock market. I do think they will

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Speaker 1: be positive. We've got to leave it there. Thanks very much.

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Speaker 1: Jeff Carbone He is the co founder and managing partner

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Speaker 1: of Cornerstone Financial Partners. You're listening to taking stock. We

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