25 November 2024

Tag: fed

Bitcoin to $180k? Breaks critical support ahead of Fed rate decision

Bitcoin bulls are excited about Fundstrat’s prediction for $180,000 bitcoin before the April 2024 halving. To put that in perspective, that would be a 500% plus move from current prices in less than 12 months if the prediction comes true. The reason? Supply and demand. Currently, bitcoin’s daily demand is $25 million and is just…

25 July 2023
World stock markets tumble as bond yields rise

Global equity markets are selling off hard this morning as the probability of more rate hikes increase. The real action is in the bond markets as yields are rising. The US 2 year yield actually broke out into new recent highs taking out the March 2023 peak. The 10 year yield is also breaking out…

6 July 2023
Stock markets approach key resistance. Is a new downtrend about to begin?

What a month it has been for US stock markets. US markets have been in hard rally mode since June 1st 2023, with the Nasdaq seeing its rally begin on May 24th 2023. A few other markets in the world are joining in on the party. Japan’s Nikkei continues to break decades long records largely…

16 June 2023
Fed hawkish pause, regional banks tanks, and gold nears record highs!

Well what developments in the past 24 hours. Investors and traders were anticipating the Federal Reserve meeting. A 25 basis point hike was expected along with some statement hinting at no more interest rate hikes. Well, the market got the 25 basis point hike (the Fed’s 10th rate hike in a row), and some sort…

4 May 2023
First Republic Bank troubles weigh in on stock markets

As earnings continue to come out mixed, and raising the probabilities of an upcoming recession, leave it to the regional banks to once again take center stage. Many analysts warned that the regional bank crisis is not over when you consider the fact that deposits are shrinking, lending (a bank’s primary business) is slowing, and…

26 April 2023
US Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion Relief Stimulus Bill; How will the Stock Markets React?

A $1.9 Trillion Dollar Stimulus Bill was approved by the US Senate over the weekend, and is now expected to pass the House tomorrow. How will Stocks react? Stocks have recovered overnight and into this mornings trading session from Friday’s lows, but certain markets display different signs.

9 March 2021
You can’t fight the Fed. But you can hedge against it. The case for crypto (Part 1/2)

When you have one hammer, everything begins to look like a nail. For the Fed, it’s “print money, cut rates”. Act First, Think Later It began in 2008 when the crash of the housing market pushed the economy into a recession. The precedent was set, and policy response included a bailout and an aggressive expansion…

13 August 2020
Powell: “Nothing about this expansion that is unstable”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the Fed is keeping a close eye on the possible fallout and impact of the coronavirus outbreak in China. Powell hasn’t made any claims yet as to what this means either in terms of possible liquidity injections or a rate cut. Let’s examine that.

13 February 2020
Markets and the Middle East: A look at Gold, Oil, and Student Debt

BREAKING: Boeing 737 Jet Crashes in Iran due to technical issues after takeoff. Source (ISNA) Oil Stuff & The Middle East At least two airbases housing US troops in Iraq have been hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles. Iranian state TV says the attack is a direct retaliation to the US killing top…

8 January 2020
Friday Recap: Don’t Price in WW3, Fed Minutes, and Tesla “Deliveries”

Fed Minutes The Federal Reserve released its minutes for the December meeting, and here are the key takeaways: The overarching tone of Fed minutes is that members are on the same page regarding policy. However, futures market data seems to have already priced in optimism for one more rate cut by the end of the…

4 January 2020