9-16-26 Q&A Wednesday: What Will The Fed Do?

It's Fed Day, and markets are waiting for answers. It's also Q&A Wednesday, and Lance Roberts takes your questions from our YouTube Live Chat window. He'll break down the biggest economic, investing, and market developments of the past week, including the Federal Reserve's September FOMC meeting, interest rates, inflation, rising Treasury yields, oil prices, AI spending concerns, and the recent pressure on stocks. 0:00 INTRO 0:55 - Fed Day: Will They or Won't They? 3:11 - Market Breaks Below 50-DMA 4:12 - Reflexive Rally not surprising, post-Fed 4:30 - Oil Prices Putting Pressure on Economy 9:02 - What's the Expected Market Reaction for FOMC Rate Decision? 12:54 - Are there clear tech support levels for S&P? 15:57 - Does it make sense to owns TIPS in an IRA in a state with high income tax? 16:47 - Lance's Roth Thesis 19:14 - Inflation feeds into everything; isn't it tame for now? (What the Fed SHOULD do) 22:37 - Credit Card Spending and After Tax Wage Growth 25:31 - Do Markets Compound? (no) 30:03 - Gold Behavior and Rate Hikes 31:53 - Too Bad Warsh Didn't Introduce Truflation (link to Oliver Rust interview is below) 32:49 - 90% Equities, 10% Cash: Time to Buy Bonds? 34:07 - Nick Timaros Chart--pricing in two rate hikes this year? 34:39 - Selling Equities to Lock in Bonds? 38:08 (Gamblers Anonymous Thursdays w Michael Lebowitz) 39:52 - Raise Rate and Lower Credit Card Rates? (Doesn't work that way) 40:15 - Do we only have a few years left to make money? (yes) (chart) 44:34 - Will Payment of Interest on National Debt be an Issue? (no) 46:19 - Where might the top of the Ten Year Treasury be? 47:54 - Why can't you cap credit card rates lower? Hosted by RIA Advisors' Chief Investment Strategist, Lance Roberts, CIO, Produced by Brent Clanton, Executive Producer ------- Do you enjoy our content? Rate us on Google: https://bit.ly/4b9JtEo ------- Watch today's Before the Bell report, "Markets Break the 50-DMA: What Happens Next?" https://youtu.be/GNBpgdhBG9U ------- Watch Today's Full Video on our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/a_oJzPPbdLQ -------- Watch our previous show, "10 Money Moves to Make Before Year End" https://youtube.com/live/cSHoYh0sR70 ------- Get more info & commentary: https://realinvestmentadvice.com/insights/real-investment-daily/ ------- * REGISTER for our next in-person Retirement Income Workshop, "Saturday, September 19, 2026: https://tracking.realinvestmentadvice.com/l/1052953/2026-06-17/2kkcz --- Articles Mentioned in Today's Show: "Investing Myths Dismantled (Chapter 4 of 5)" https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/investing-myths-dismantled-chapter-4-of-5/ "Is Inflation Data Getting it Wrong? (Oliver Rust Interview) https://www.youtube.com/live/603EdhToXq8?si=lSvziR7PKnwWx1Fp --- Visit our Site: https://www.realinvestmentadvice.com Contact Us: 1-855-RIA-PLAN --- Subscribe to SimpleVisor : https://www.simplevisor.com/register-new --- Connect with us on social: https://twitter.com/RealInvAdvice https://twitter.com/LanceRoberts https://www.facebook.com/RealInvestmentAdvice/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/realinvestmentadvice/ #StockMarket #AIStocks #MarketOutlook #Investing #TechnologyStocks #FinancialPlanning #RetirementPlanning #TaxPlanning #RothConversion #YearEndPlanning