{"id":42890,"date":"2020-04-23T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=42890"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:34:12","slug":"skepticism-of-the-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/skepticism-of-the-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Skepticism of the Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"videoWrapper\">\r\n            <div data-youtube-id=\"Ze8FDxPKz6g\" class=\"yt-video-blocked video-overlay lazyload\"\r\n                 style=\"background-image:inherit;\" data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Ze8FDxPKz6g\/hqdefault.jpg&#039;)\">\r\n                <div>\r\n                    <p class=\"text-large mb-4\">\r\n                        To watch this video you must accept functional cookies.\r\n                    <\/p>\r\n                    <button class=\"btn btn-primary w-50 manage-cookies\">\r\n                        Manage Cookies\r\n                    <\/button>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers\u2019 chief strategist, explains his skepticism of the market rally. Looking at earnings of larger companies can help investors see some challenges in margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced on April 23, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View Steve&#8217;s previous post on the Fed here: <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/necessary-but-not-sufficient\/\">Necessary, But Not Sufficient<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers\u2019 chief strategist, explains his skepticism of the market rally. 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