A month ago the Fed was buying all new Treasury issuance and then some. Now it’s nowhere close to doing that. In recent days the Fed has been absorbing only around a fifth of new Treasury issuance. Is it enough?
A month ago the Fed was buying all new Treasury issuance and then some. Now it’s nowhere close to doing that. So is the Fed doing enough to keep the short term bull trend going? Here’s today’s technical setup.
So is the Fed doing enough to keep the short term bull trend going? Below is how it looks today.
Meanwhile, rogue elements of the Trump Regime, known as “doctors and epidemiologists,” are estimating a doubling of the COVID19 death toll in the weeks ahead as states try to reopen their economies. Stock futures are cheering on the predicted rise in the death toll.
Buy Death, the traders say!
Gold is consolidating. The uptrend will be safe as long as a key support level holds. This report looks at where to start worrying, and…
The $3 trillion includes $1.37 trillion already borrowed in April. That implies additional borrowing of $1.63 trillion in May and June. May typically has light net new borrowing. May 2019 net borrowing totaled $67 billion.
The $3 trillion estimate is an increase of $3.06 trillion above the Treasury Department’s Q2 estimate that it posted in February.
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The market has sold off overnight again, but it’s trying to find its footing and hourly indicators are bullish.
I am rescinding the comments I made last week about the long term trend. The Fed’s commitment to maintaining a bullish trend in stocks is now in doubt, and the long term indicators on the market index charts are ambiguous.
The outlook is rife with uncertainty. We don’t know when or if the Fed will re-deploy its tactical carpet bombing of deeply embedded, indigenous bearish forces.
It’s like the Viet Nam war. The Fed has overwhelming firepower, but it may not be committed to using it because of the astronomical long term cost fighting an entrenched enemy. We need to watch to the technical indicators closely to try to determine what each side is doing and will do, and which might have the upper hand.
The Federal deficit hit $1 trillion in April. That’s a cool 1,500% increase year to year. That’s for one month. Here are the current horrible numbers, along with the immediate outlook, and what it means for stocks and bonds.
The Fed just posted how much help it will give the market next week and son of a gun! It’s cutting again. The implications of this are yooge! Apparently Jaysus saves not! At least not the stock market. Doesn’t he care? Is this ritual sacrifice?
Here’s what you need to do now to protect yourself from Jaysus Powell’s Revenge.
The market action of the past 36 hours suggests that the money is gone.
Here’s a look at how the stock market sets up and what you should look for and expect today.