Historically, the three-month period before the Fed goes on hold in the rate hiking cycle, stocks have performed well and that carries on for the next 12 months,

February has historically been a lackluster month for the stock market.

When the central bank came out and said they're going to drain liquidity over a period of months, that was a catalyst for investors who have avoided the stock market to put some money back in.

We still don't know how many more rate hikes there are in the cycle and the minutes don't really shed light on that. But rate hike increases are probably not large.

It's a fairly risky fund, but if you want to buy the stocks of the Nasdaq 100, that's a way to do it.

A pause by the Fed would give a temporary boost to stocks.