Market Commentary Highlights...

The Fed typically provides added economic stimulus at this point in the economic cycle.

We put about a 25% chance of quantitative easing in September, with a greater chance of action at the November meeting scheduled the day after the mid-term elections.

If the Fed does act and announces action at their meeting on Tuesday, the stock market may break out of its current range to the upside. Market participants would like to see action from the Fed as a backstop against a double-dip recession rather than having the potential to cause problematic inflation.

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