Stocks are extremely oversold, but investors still seem bent on selling after the Federal Reserve disappointed markets with a less dovish message than expected. “The bears have been writing the script,” said Scott Redler, partner with T3Live.com. The S&P 500 lost 1.5 percent Wednesday to 2,506 and is nearly 15 percent off its September high. […]
Here’s What Spooked the Market About the Fed Today…
Powell Breaks the Market…
Fed Raises Interest Rates, Stocks Plunge…
Yes, The Fed’s FOMC announced another 25 basis point increase at the last Fed meeting for the year) while decreasing their outlook for next year. Fed officials tweaked their forward guidance to say “some” further gradual rate increases will still be needed…
The Fed Is Panicking by Nomi Prins…
This Is Rich: Clinton to Be Honored at Harvard for ‘Transformative Impact’…
Hillary Clinton will reportedly receive a prestigious award from Harvard University this week. Clinton will be presented with the Radcliffe Medal, which Harvard says is given to those whose life and work have had a “transformative impact on society,” The Associated Press reported. The former first lady, senator, secretary of State and first female Democratic […]
Swan Song Of The Central Bankers, Part 2: Yellen’s “My Girl”…
If you wonder why things are going to get a lot worse before they get better—just consider the following tidbit from today’s political gleanings. It essentially cements the case that Washington is heading straight into a bond market conflagration that will wreak havoc on the Wall Street end of the Acela Corridor. It seems that […]
Fed Raises Interest Rates and Continues to Foresee Three Hikes in 2018…
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lifted a key U.S. interest rate, but the central bank also struck a wait-and-see stance in light of persistently low inflation and a pending change in leadership. As widely expected, the Fed raised its benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to between 1.25% and 1.5% — the […]
What a Jerome Powell-Led Fed May Look Like…
Traders are likely to breathe a sigh of relief if Jerome Powell, the Fed governor under consideration by President Donald Trump to become chairman of the central bank, gets nominated. Powell is now the favorite in betting markets amid published reports he’s in the lead to get Trump to nominate him. Trump himself called Powell […]
The Federal Reserve Is Setting America Up for Economic Disaster…
I recently had the opportunity to read “The Creature from Jekyll Island” by G. Edward Griffin, a prodigious tome dealing with the circumstances surrounding the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. I was taken aback by some of its provocative assertions…
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