why did the stock market drop yesterday??

If you've ever watched the news and thought, "Wait... what does any of this actually mean?" 😂 You're not alone. Hi, I'm Nicole Victoria. A few years ago I was $40,000 in debt. Today I have a seven figure investment portfolio, an eight figure net worth, and I spend my days teaching women how money actually works so they can build wealth too. The thing is, the headlines usually tell you what happened. I want to teach you why it happened. Because once you understand what's actually moving the market. If you're wondering why the stock market drop yesterday, it's not actually because the Fed held interest rates. Everyone was expecting that. It's because something happened that we haven't really seen in about a decade. So let's talk about it. I'm Nicole Victoria. I went from $40,000 in debt to millionaire at 30. And now I teach you guys all about money so you can get rich too. So here's what happened. There are 12 people that vote on interest rates at the Fed. Yesterday, nine of them voted to keep interest rates the same. But three of them, they voted to actually raise them. And that might not sound like a big deal, but the thing is the Fed is usually pretty united. And seeing three out of 12 of these members disagree tells investors that the people making these decisions don't all agree that inflation is under control. That's what people mean when they say the Fed sounded hawkish. Hawkish is just a fancy way of saying we're still worried about inflation. So we're willing to keep interest rates higher for longer, or even raise them if we have to. The opposite of this would be dovish, which basically means we think inflation is coming down, so we can lower interest rates to give the economy a little more breathing room. And this morning, we got even more data. So inflation we saw it come down just a little bit, and the economy also cooled. Those are the kinds of numbers that could make the Fed feel more comfortable leaving rates alone at future meetings. And investors generally like lower interest rates because it's better for businesses and stock prices. The biggest lesson here is to understand that the market moves on expectations. Yesterday, the market realized that the Fed wasn't all on the same page. And today, the new inflation data made people feel a little bit better. This is exactly why with my own multi-million dollar portfolio, I don't try to predict the future. I prepare for multiple outcomes. If the market drops because rates stay high, I'm buying. If inflation cools and my stocks go up, I keep winning too. If you want to learn more about investing and how to build your own multi-million dollar portfolio, go and take my free investing masterclass through my website.