There’s so much confusion out there about how money gets from the Fed into the stock and bond markets. I see the comments in my Twitter feed. People are clueless. Like how M1 is causal. Or how the Fed pumps money into the banking system and that doubles back somehow to speculative bubbles.
The Primary Dealers always hedge their fixed income portfolio positions in the futures markets. Looking only at their bond portfolio positions may not give us an accurate picture of how screwed they are, or are not.
Wall Street, of course, is bewitched by the Fed’s QE. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is these days uninterested in assessing either QE’s effects or risks. Observation and evaluation of QE is left to us. Every week, Doug Noland, summarizes the effects and dangers brilliantly.
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First estimates of the UK’s GDP in 2020 reveal that the country’s economy contracted by 9.9 percent in comparison to 2019. That marks the largest drop on record and as this infographic shows, by some margin. As stated by the Office for National Statist…
As millions of people around the world are trying to find a last-minute (virtual) date for Valentine’s Day, Tinder’s servers are probably running hot these days. The market-leading dating app has not only revolutionized the dating game since its launch…
Air pockets have appeared in the intraday charts. Is this the top, or a top. That higher right shoulder makes me suspicious. I can’t remember the last time that pattern has broken down let alone into a sustained decline.
Support is suggested at 3…
Today’s Fed QE
Democratic impeachment managers continued to make their case in proving former President Donald Trump’s role in gathering and inciting a violent mob to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Much of the evidence surround’s Trump’s months-long misinformation…
Why would anyone sell when further gains are guaranteed? Because the gains are unreal but the losses are real.