{"id":65201,"date":"2025-09-18T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/?p=65201"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:01:09","slug":"market-trends-september-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2025\/09\/18\/market-trends-september-18\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Groundhog Day&#8217; For Growth Stocks After Fed Meeting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downloads are available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/MT-Public-Materials-May-2025A.zip\">here<\/a>. TradeStation\u2019s ideas on TradingView are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/broker\/TradeStation\/ideas\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next presentation: State of the Market on Monday, 9\/22. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/learn\/events-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Events page<\/a>\u00a0for more.)<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sizing Up the Market<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>S&amp;P 500 holds 1-week low above 6,550<\/li>\n<li>Holds 8-day EMA, MACD rising again<\/li>\n<li>Intermarket: USD, yields, VIX showing little stress<\/li>\n<li>NDX breadth improves: Most members above 20-day MA since August 29, even as index slides<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Growth sectors&#8221; outperforming in September: Communications, consumer discretionary, technology\n<ul>\n<li>Flashback: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2025\/08\/14\/market-trends-august-14\/\">value period<\/a> began in August before Fed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_65208\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65208\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65208\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20250917-1080x516.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>S&amp;P 500, daily chart, with select patterns and indicators.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>News &amp; Views<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Growth positives continue:\n<ul>\n<li>LYFT rallies on Waymo collaboration<\/li>\n<li>WDAY rallies on Elliott stake<\/li>\n<li>Chinese growth stocks surge: BIDU BABA NTES\n<ul>\n<li>PDD clears $133 after strong earnings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Crypto stocks climbing: HUT GLXY BITF<\/li>\n<li>Quantum computing rally: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2025\/09\/12\/options-alert-quantum-rigetti\/\">RGTI<\/a> IONQ\n<ul>\n<li>Sovereign &#8220;arms race?&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>TSLA holds range breakout<\/li>\n<li>NFLX: Stabilizes five weeks before earnings<\/li>\n<li>RDDT climbing on AI driver<\/li>\n<li>ORCL gains exposure to TikTok<\/li>\n<li>Chip-equipment breakouts: LRCX KLAC<\/li>\n<li>Fiber optics: Raymond James sees upside in COHR LITE AAOI<\/li>\n<li>JMIA: RBC Capital Markets raises African e-commerce price target from $6.50 to $15<\/li>\n<li><em>Is a &#8220;new future&#8221; taking shape?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fed cuts 25bp, another 50bp expected this year\n<ul>\n<li><em>Is the Fed less of a catalyst going forward?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Inflation:\n<ul>\n<li>CNBC survey: Political pressure on Fed seen causing higher inflation<\/li>\n<li>BofA Global Fund Manager Survey: Investors worry about inflation, Fed independence<\/li>\n<li>Greg Daco of EY: Retail sales rose just 0.2% adjusted for inflation (vs +0.6% headline)<\/li>\n<li>CBO Director Phillip Swagel: Tariffs are lifting inflation<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>But<\/em><\/span>, FactSet: Fewest companies cite &#8220;inflation&#8221; in five years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jonathon Golub (formerly of Credit Suisse, RBC): Strong earnings to lift S&amp;P 500 another 10 percent<\/li>\n<li>Energy:\n<ul>\n<li>GS: China to stockpile crude oil through late 2026 (500K\/day)<\/li>\n<li>EIA crude-oil inventories -9.3mln vs +1.4mln estimate<\/li>\n<li>Reuters sees drone attacks slowing Russian oil output<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings tonight: LEN FDX<\/li>\n<li>Tue 9\/23: MU<\/li>\n<li>Wed 9\/24: Crude oil inventories<\/li>\n<li>Thu 9\/25: Initial jobless claims, durable goods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From fiber optics to quantum computing, investors seem to be rediscovering growth stocks following a period of value rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":63321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1276,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-trends","category-stocks","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Groundhog Day&#039; For Growth Stocks After Fed Meeting? 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