Janet was never going to do anything before the elections to upset the markets.
She done a fantastic job in keeping things chugging along nicely - they will be pleased
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Janet was never going to do anything before the elections to upset the markets.
She done a fantastic job in keeping things chugging along nicely - they will be pleased
Yep she has...
Actually looking back with hindsight...back in 2007 with Uncle Ben,,,talk about "Johnny on the Spot", having a leading Authority of Economic Depressions heading the FED.....One can only imagine what could have happened to the No1 ecomony of the World if the Brain Trusts did not burn the midnight oil for weeks on end dreaming up new "outside the square" untested monetary tools to fight the GFC...
Prolong Depression???...we will never know but with an assumption that Monetary tools smooths out the extremes ...the period since the GFC being one of extreme easing and only managing to achieve chronic low growth with near 0% inflation, we could assume the USA without Uncle Ben and Aunty Janet might have been one doosy economic decline..probably powerful enough to prematurely kill off that DOW (S&P) Secular Bear as it did in 1930
The Democrats put up a publically disliked candidate and the Republicans said we can match that and do one better....so now there a 2 publically disliked candidates...About as irrational as their sharemarket...What's going on over there??
.....and the favoured one is more crooked?
You'd love this short video about Janet
https://app.hedgeye.com/insights/535...estors-told-me
S&P500 keeps up near record highs
Heading for 6th succussive quarter of decline in eps
Janet wll ensure no turmoil before the election
No worries for a while
An outfit released their August US Manufacturing index showing it fell back to 49.something (contracting).. the first time since 2010...I tried to find it just now to reference it to my post but its disappeared..Can't remember the outfit name neither so cant google it...Geez are they quick or what in burying the bad news at the moment..
Found it!!!.. I googled US manufacturing index August...Ha!! that explains it..... the older (5 days old) manufacturing index result news has been replaced by the healthier (still down trending though) non-manufacturing index result..
Yeah and this poor news will help stop turmoil too....Probably stop Janet from raising interest rates.....bad news is "good" news for Wall St ...Do you feel like everything is upside down atm?
Interesting chart here. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-0...ly-not-nothing
Sentiment flip overnight with a Fed member previously a dove, flip to hawkish. Probably still no rate rise until Dec at the earliest & perhaps next year.
Wells Fargo reinforcing the banking bad reputation that the banks have and their complete disregard for honesty.
In regards if Yellen has been doing a good job, I beg to differ, but perhaps she is only dealing with the cards dealt to her be government policy.
The proof will be in what happens when rates start being normalised.
Globally we have a demographic issue of the baby boomer wealth wanting a safe place to park and they would prefer a large position in cash if they can get a yield. This burger flipper recovery is a problem for the Fed as although unemployment has improved dramatically, even if the numbers have been manipulated, (remember the change when sickness beneficiaries were removed) they are on the whole lowly paid jobs and the jobs lost were on average paying multiples.
Anyhoo, I had built a large position in the VIX and that certainly paid very big dividends overnight! Took profit on the majority of the position but have kept 25%.
Daytr - Janet is doing a good job to ensure the stock market stays high in the run up to the election. That's what they want her to do
Not doing such a good job in boosting the economy though - but thats a minor consideration
This transcends just the economy ,but thought it was interesting
http://www.marketslant.com/articles/...%80%99t-change
despite the 2.5% drop it is interesting that Colin Twiggs stated on Fri afternoon (our time) , so that is before US trading that:
The S&P 500 continues to consolidate below 2200 with a rounding top. A short downward leg would complete an inverted scallop — like an inverted fishing hook— a strong continuation pattern in bull markets. Respect of support at 2100/2130 would complete the pattern.
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There may be some volatility in the coming week but the bull market in stocks isn't dead yet.
Interesting where we have come from
https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=...0%2Cm200&a=&c=
Is this "this time its different?"
Where is the volume ?
They gave Janet a good old telling off and she has sorted out her team so all back on track. Markets heading to new highs before the election.
Janet needs to make sure her team keeps to the script.