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It’s Fed Carnival! That’s in honor of the Fed bailing out the sinking Carnival Cruise Lines. What will it think of next to bail out its cronies, and the markets? Here are a few thoughts.
Meanwhile here’s a look at how the stock market sets up today.
Today’s the day. The Fed announces its next plan. You may have already seen it by the time you read this.
But really. What difference does it make? The Fed has trashed its plan without notice 3 times in the past year and a half.
In the past 2 months, it has had no plan at all. It just responds willy-nilly to whatever happens in the news. My god! The Fed bailed out Carnival Cruise Lines. You know we’re in trouble when the Fed bails out Carnival. The blatant cronyism of the plutocrat class is breathtaking. And the sheep just yawn, placated by a few crumbs thrown their way.
So Jerry and the JayJays will sing yet a new song today. Maybe they’ll stick with the new tune for a few weeks or months. Maybe they won’t. We just have to keep tracking what they do and watching the market response.
Here’s what you need to know.
Fed QE $7.000B Coupon Purchase 2020-04-29
Since superfluous demand was the core driver of most consumer spending, and that demand is in free-fall, what’s the upside of re-opening?The mainstream view assumes everyone will be gripped by an absolutely rabid desire to return to their pre…
To counter the growing angst, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin declared over the weekend that his super-secret economic models say everything will be back to normal, if not better, starting around August. Nothing more than a painful memory by autumn.
The Fed is absorbing just a fraction of this week’s massive Treasury issuance, but stock futures continue to levitate and have broken through a key resistance level. Smoke and mirrors, or just smoke from burning cash.
That’s because the dealers and their institutional customers need to absorb $241 billion in Treasury issuance this week. How the hell are they paying for that? The Fed is only covering a fraction of that this week.
Fed QE $3.000B Coupon Purchase 2020-04-28 NY Fed treasury securities operations
Fed QE $8.000B Coupon Purchase 2020-04-28 NY Fed treasury securities operations