Bob Doll summarizes the week: the Fed cut rates 25 basis points and will end quantitative tightening on December 1, while big-cap tech earnings beat expectations and drove market gains even as small caps and several sectors lagged. Emerging markets also showed strong performance amid continued central bank easing.

Valuations and risk-taking have pushed many metrics to extremes, with inflation around 3% complicating further rate cuts. Doll concludes that asset-price inflation will likely persist near term unless a major bond-yield rise or policy shock occurs, so speculative activity should be monitored.

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