October 9, 2025 – Financial markets are currently signaling a near 100% probability of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut at the upcoming October 28-29 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. This overwhelming conviction comes as the central bank navigates a complex economic landscape marked by a softening labor market, persistent
Value stocks are outperforming flashy growth rivals due to market uncertainty, making value-based ETFs a good bet for steady income and diversification.
The Fed is expected to reduce interest rates at the FOMC meeting, with a 25 or 50 basis point cut. Investors are betting on a 50 basis point cut and are reshuffling their portfolios, favoring value-oriented ETFs and gold.
Falling inflation, weak manufacturing activity, cautious consumer sentiment, and sluggish GDP and jobs growth have conspired to elicit a dovish tone from the Fed and the likely start of a rate-cut cycle to avert recession and more job losses.
Despite the apparent strength and resilience of the mega-cap-dominated S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, it has been led by the FAANGM family of mega-cap Tech or “near-Tech” stocks.
Investors should keep an eye on the relative relationship between Growth and Value stocks to help them get a better understanding of where the broader market’s inflows and outflows are.
Value stocks, which trade at attractive price-to-book, price-to-earnings, and price-to-sales ratios, were relative outperformers amid last year’s market turmoil.
After the biggest annual loss since 2008, Wall Street staged a strong rally at the start of 2023 on hopes of easing inflation and the Fed’s slower rate hike path. Against this backdrop, value investing seems a prudent choice.
In this episode of ETF Battles, Ron DeLegge @etfguide referees an audience requested triple-header value equity ETFs from Avantis , State Street Global and Vanguard. Which value leaning stock ETF is the top choice for investors?
