Stocks Soar on Tech Mania: Bulls Bet Big on Earnings and Rate Cuts (Bubble Fears or Boom?)
U.S. markets kicked off Oct. 27 at all-time highs. The Dow reached ~47,445, S&P 500 ~6,850 and Nasdaq ~23,529, driven by trade and Fed expectationsreuters.com. In New York, gains were broad-based – tech stocks jumped, semiconductors hit a record, and even small caps rose ~1.2%reuters.com. Optimism over an impending U.S.–China trade truce “clearly” boosted sentiment, analysts say, powering rallies in China-exposed tech and industrial firmsreuters.comts2.tech. Inflation news added fuel: September’s CPI came in slightly cooler than feared, “calming the tariff-driven inflation jitters” and virtually ensuring the Fed will cut ratesreuters.com. As Carson Group’s Ryan Detrick puts it: benign CPI “opened the door” for Fed cuts next weekreuters.com. Most traders have a 25‑basis-point cut fully priced inreuters.comts2.tech. Jordan Rizzuto of GammaRoad notes that in the absence of fresh data, this dovish Fed stance “will be supportive of the rally in the near term”reuters.com. In short, Wall Street expects easy money: “We got some good news on the inflation front,” said Detrick, suggesting a December rate cut is likelyreuters.com.