Fed Decision, Memory Momentum, and Mag 7 on Deck 4/29/26

About this episode

Experts discuss the future of the Federal Reserve under Jay Powell and Kevin Warsh, alongside the surge in memory stocks and tech giants reaching new highs.

As Jay Powell's time as Fed Chair comes to an end, our experts discuss whether he should stay on as a governor and what successor Kevin Warsh's first moves will be. Memory stocks surge after Seagate's blowout results. Plus, Alphabet and Microsoft hit all-time highs ahead of their after-the-bell reports.

Topics covered

• Federal Reserve
• stock market
• technology stocks
• investing
• economic policy

Keywords

• Federal Reserve
• Jay Powell
• Kevin Warsh
• Seagate
• Alphabet
• Microsoft
• memory stocks
• investing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Seagate, Alphabet, Microsoft

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