🏦 What time the Fed announces interest rate decisions The Federal Reserve (FOMC) releases its rate decision at: ⏰ 2:00 PM Eastern Time - That’s 1:00 PM Central Time (your time in Alabama / Louisiana zone) 📅 What happens tomorrow specifically If tomorrow is an official FOMC decision day (scheduled meeting): 🧾 1:00 PM CT - Rate decision is released - You’ll see headlines like: “Fed holds rates steady” “Fed cuts rates by 0.25%” “Fed hikes rates” - 🎤 1:30 PM CT (VERY important) - Fed Chair Jerome Powell press conference begins - This is where the market REALLY moves 👉 Traders care more about: - Tone (hawkish vs dovish) - Future guidance - Comments on inflation, jobs, recession risk 💡 Pro insight (this is what pros watch) Even if they don’t cut rates, markets can rip higher if: - Powell hints cuts are coming soon - Inflation is “cooling” - Economy is slowing And vice versa: - Markets can DROP even on a cut if tone is cautious 📊 What to expect in real-time (trader behavior) - 1:00 PM CT → instant algo reaction (spike up/down) - 1:05–1:25 PM CT → volatility / fake moves - 1:30 PM CT onward → real trend forms during Powell speech ⚠️ For your SPI portfolio (ORLA, FIGS, WT, FSLY) This matters a LOT: - Rate cuts = bullish for growth stocks Especially something like Fastly Inc. - - Higher rates = pressure on equities - Commodities (like ORLA/gold exposure) react to real yields + dollar 🧠 Bottom line - Official announcement: 1:00 PM CT - Real market signal: starts 1:30 PM CT - Big money moves: during Powell’s tone, not just the rate Just say the word.

Premarket Activity ORLA and FSLY are both down significantly before the morning bell. ORLA reports its quarterly report after the close today. Consensus estimates is for 31 cents on $284M in revenue. My estimate is for 36 cents on 288M in revenue. Have Buy orders for TYGO and TLYS. Both companies trade under $5.00 per share which means very little institutional interest. Once a stock gets above $5.00 bigger players start to nibble.

DJIA. SPI MAR 2. 48,794. 200,000 Mar 18. 46,225. 209,808 Return. - 5.27%. 4.90% Strategic Performance Investments IBD score. Symbol Purchase Closing Price Return 98 FSLY. 23.55. 26.88. 14.14% 99 ISSC 27.15. 29.31 7.96% 83. LSAK* 5.40. 5.36. -.75% 98 WT. 15.80. 14.26. - 9.75% 83 FIGS. 16.50. 14.40. -12.73% 99 ORLA 16.34 14.38. -11.78% - Bought LSAK today. Lesaka Technologies provides financial technology products and services through their South African platform in South Africa and internationally. Though its IBD score isn't in the high 90s it's headed in that direction led by strong earnings predicted in the next quarter.

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I created this dashboard with data from the Massive API (https://massive.com/). It's hosted locally now, but eventually we could open it up to members of the group to get access. I plan to add additional features to support our market analysis, suggestions are welcome.