US Macro Surprise data slumped for the 5th straight week, back into negative territory at its weakest weekly close since Nov 2021…
These Stock Patterns Are Impossible – Without Brazen Manipulation that the SEC Is Choosing to Ignore…
Beginning in November of 2008, the Fed was allowed by Congress to manipulate the U.S. bond market through purchases of bonds with money it creates at the flick of an electronic button. The Fed calls this “Quantitative Easing” or QE…
S&P 500 Adds to Record…
Dow Heads for own on Vaccine Hopes…
The Six Biggest Tech Stocks Lost More Than $1 Trillion in Value in Three Days…
The six biggest tech stocks have lost more than $1 trillion over the last three days alone, but it’s really just a dent coming off a huge rally that peaked last week…
The Fed Is Killing the Two Main Functions of Wall Street: Price Discovery and Prudent Capital Allocation…
On Thursday, knowing that a three-day Easter weekend was coming and the attention of the public would be elsewhere, the Federal Reserve announced that it would allow two of its emergency lending programs to begin buying junk bonds. Those are bonds with less than an investment-grade credit rating, meaning they have a greater likelihood of […]
The Day the Fed Nationalized the Bond Market: The Complete Summary of Everything the Fed Did Today…
Two weeks after the Fed stunned markets by doing something not even Ben Bernanke dared to do, start buying investment grade corporate bonds, today the Fed’s nationalization of the entire bond market was complete when the Fed – with the blessing of the Treasury – threw the kitchen sink at the most vulnerable verticals of […]
Fed Chair Powell Tells Whoppers This Morning on the Brookings Institution Webcast…
The Fed’s advance men were all over the media today attempting to transform a sow’s ear into a silk purse (or, as they say on Wall Street, put lipstick on a pig). The Fed surprised the market today with the stunning announcement that it was going to start buying up junk bonds from the markets […]
Stocks Surge on Fed’s $2.3 Trillion Stimulus…
U.S. equity markets rallied Thursday after the Federal Reserve’s plan to provide $2.3 trillion in lending to households and businesses overshadowed a surge in jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 285 points, or 1.22 percent, narrowly missing gains that would have registered the index’s best week since 1938. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq […]
Another Crappy Day for the Market: Dow Tumbles 900 Points…
Stocks attempted to rally on Friday, but failed, concluding one of the most volatile weeks on Wall Street ever as investors grapple with mounting fears over the coronavirus’ economic blow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 913.21 points lower, or more than 4%, at 19,173.98 after rallying more than 400 points earlier in the day. […]
Yet Another Crappy Stock Market Day…
The S&P 500 closed 12% lower on Monday, while the Dow fell 13% (or 2,999 points). Driving the news: The sell-off accelerated during President Trump’s afternoon press conference as concerns about the coronavirus outbreak’s economic impact continued to grip markets. Here’s how swift and sharp the stock market’s decline has been: The S&P 500 hit […]