Higher Ground: First Quarter Market Review and Outlook

The US economy continued to show resilience despite elevated inflation and high interest rates, dampening expectations of interest rate cuts. The broad stock market gained more than 10%, its best start to the year since 2019. All but one S&P 500 sector saw positive returns, a sign of healthier levels of market breadth than in 2023. Kara discusses this and more in this week’s Markets in a Minute.