The Fed will decide on Wednesday whether, and by how much, it will increase the rate at which it pumps cash through Primary Dealer trading accounts. What it decides will have an impact on how fast stocks are likely to advance, and how soon that advance will end. A new program of QE that adds…
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When this company finally goes public, it will blow the Facebook IPO away – MSN Money
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mediabistro.comWhen this company finally goes public, it will blow the Facebook IPO awayMSN MoneyFew of us are inside baseball enough to know the reasons why, but Facebook probably IPO'd a shade or three too soon. Cynics and haters will claim it ha…
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ISM and New Factory Orders Charts Explained in Real Terms
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As this data is updated monthly you can access the updated data from the Economic Charts menu in the lower left sidebar. Or just bookmark the permanent page. ISM New Orders Index Not Seasonally Adjusted The ISM not seasonally adjusted (in other words, actual) new orders index as of April 2012 has been diverging from…
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Pepsi Pumps Up Annual Dividend 4%; Company Confident In Growth, CEO Says – Forbes
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Dividend.comPepsi Pumps Up Annual Dividend 4%; Company Confident In Growth, CEO SaysForbesPepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has placed an emphasis on the company's dividend and share buyback program. (Image credit: AFP via @daylife) PepsiCo board of director…
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Markets Now On Their Own, Almost, But Major Top At Least 6 Months Away
by Lee Adler • • 0 Comments
The cash generated by the ECB’s second big LTRO operation has now settled in to wherever its holders wanted to park it so we’re entering a whole new world where the ECB sits on its hands, and the Fed keeps its balance sheet stable. The overwhelming force that the central banks had been applying to…
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Market Slick With Pomaid
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Facing $72 billion in new Treasury debts settling Monday, and with a little less help than usual from the Fed’s to grease the skids, the market got a haircut on Friday, and could get shave on Monday. These two days will be an interesting preview of a future without POMO aid. After Monday, the POMO…
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Turning Point in Key Financial Indicators
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Both stocks and bonds have been holding up nicely as the Fed pumps in enough cash to a bid under the markets in spite of the fact that banks and foreign central banks (FCBs) were not helping until last week, when FCB buying turned a corner to the upside. Light Treasury supply resulting in large…
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Three More Weeks on Easy Street
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Both stocks and bonds are holding up nicely as the Fed pumps in enough cash to keep things bubbling along in spite of the fact that banks and foreign central banks (FCBs) are not helping. That is because the Treasury is helping with very light supply and even some paydowns scheduled through early May. The…
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You Call It Inflation; I Call It Theft
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Inflation is deceitful and ineffective. It swindles savers, fleeces lenders, pumps taxes higher and triggers malinvestment. It doesn’t reduce unemployment; it whittles away your wage. Nor does inflation promote exports, but it does make internatio…
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Fed SOMA and The Economy- The Puppetmaster
by Lee Adler • • 2 Comments
It’s mind boggling to me, just mind boggling, how nobody gets the simplicity of the pipeline from Ben Bernanke’s twisted brain to his henchmen the Primary Dealers, to the stock market and the economy. When the Fed pumps money into Primary Dealer trading accounts, they manipulate stock prices higher. When stock prices go up, the…