End of Week Market Minutes Recap – Why the Yield Curve Could Invert, Intensifying Volatility, the Forecast for Interest Rates, and an update on the Cryptocurrency Market

There are five weeks before the March Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, and the yield curve is collapsing amid intensifying inflation. Future rate hikes could cause the yield curve to invert further – a strong predictor for a recession. Join our KeyBank Investment Center experts as they unpack the implications of various rate hike scenarios and how investors can navigate an inflationary period that could last through the end of the decade. Justin Tantalo, CFA, Senior Lead Research Analyst, also joins the discussion to share the risks and rewards of cryptocurrency and why “the volatility of scarce digital assets is certifiably in the league of its own.”
Speakers: 
Stephen Hoedt, CMT, Managing Director, Equity & Fixed Income Research  
Brian Pietrangelo, Managing Director of Investment Strategy, KeyBank Investment Center 
Rajeev Sharma, Managing Director of Fixed Income, KeyBank Investment Center 
Justin Tantalo, CFA, Senior Lead Research Analyst 

  • 01:20 – Update on the market – breadth, collapsing yield curve, Consumer Price Index Inflation data, and corporate earnings. 
  • 05:25 – Fed rate increases and discuss the possibility of an unprecedented inter-meeting cut.  
  • 12:57 – What investors need to know about navigating the inflation bubble 
  • 15:12 – Defining cryptocurrency and how to evaluate your risk and return  
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