That was a whopper

This is extremely rare...

...the 25 most out-of-consensus opportunities from our Americas coverage.

Mega Millions ticket prices will rise from $2 to $5 in April 2025.

"Investors may have been overoptimistic in expecting a rapid sequence of outsized cuts after September’s decision"

"The more outages that are occurring..." 

"I can't listen to another 4 years of Rogan whine about how bad things have gotten if he won't talk to Trump."

Suddenly, the fear is not that the Fed is behind the curve to stabilize a downturn. The fear is that the Fed is behind the curve to  stabilize prices.

"If inflation proves to be a bit stickier that could slowly change the narrative from the current goldilocks backdrop where the fed is cutting into decent US growth and improving earnings trends"

Some enthusiasts are calling it "the most important Tesla event ever."

...while there was only one dissent, the FOMC Minutes show "some" officials preferred a 25bps cut.

Agency REITs are not for buy-and-hold investors...

This was a curious auction, one which saw near record foreign demand yet where the metrics were subpar at best.

"prevent the use of the messenger for terrorist & extremist services, recruitment of citizens to commit them, for drug sales... unlawful information posting."