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Wall Street traded lower on Wednesday, extending the previous day's risk-off mood sparked by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's remarks.

In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, John Canavan, lead analyst at Oxford Economics, struck a cautiously optimistic tone on the U.S. economy heading into 2026, but warned that the market's growing obsession with aggressive rate cuts and tech stock dominance may be ignoring some inconvenient truths.

While the precious metals market has been one of the natural beneficiaries of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut and dovish monetary policy pivot, it's the cryptocurrency sector that arguably deserves the most attention. Shortly after the Fed's rate cut announcement, the total market capitalization of all decentralized digital assets…

In response to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell‘s recent remarks that stock prices appear “fairly highly valued,” Fundstrat’s Head of Research, Tom Lee, offered a swift counter-narrative, urging investors not to interpret the comments as a warning sign.

Investors are wary of any sign that the Fed thinks “irrational exuberance”—as former Fed chair Alan Greenspan once called it—has kicked in.

December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are trending up +0.30% this morning as optimism over artificial intelligence was reinforced by Alibaba’s pledge to boost spending and an upbeat forecast from Micron Technology.

Powell is nearing the end of a tumultuous second term.

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs were updated in the story.