##  [# Hot Reads: Powell Likely to Stick With Rate Hikes](/sections/daily-hot-reads/hot-reads-powell-likely-stick-rate-hikes) 

 

# Hot Reads: Powell Likely to Stick With Rate Hikes

 

 

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 Expect a tougher version of the central bank’s promise to slow inflation by raising interest rates.

**[Crypto’s Real Value Was Never $3T](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-26/bitcoin-price-drop-underscores-crypto-s-overstated-value?srnd=premium&sref=MAODZZNF)** (Bloomberg)  
 The true value of the cryptomarket isn’t what its believers suggest, but it’s nothing to sneer at, either.

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**[It’s (Still) a Multifactor World for Predicting Returns](https://www.capitalspectator.com/its-still-a-multi-factor-world-for-predicting-returns/)** (The Capital Spectator)  
 Single-factor models just aren’t robust enough for anything beyond first approximations.

**[The Active Manager Who Stopped Believing](https://www.evidenceinvestor.com/the-active-manager-who-stopped-believing/)** (The Evidence-Based Investor)  
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**[The Curious Case of SPAC ETFs](https://insight.factset.com/the-curious-case-of-spac-etfs)** (FactSet Insight)  
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**[ETF Investors and the ‘Summer of Cynicism’](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/25/summer-of-cynicism-how-etf-investors-are-navigating-the-volatility.html)** (CNBC)  
 How they’re navigating the volatility.



 

 

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