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The Fabulous Mr. Fed June 19, 2019 Great Stuff Welcome to Fed Day! Are you on pins and needles yet? Today is the day that the U.S. Federal Reserve concludes its two-day policy meeting and gives its outlook on interest rates. You, my dear reader in the future, may already know how this all played out. If so, don’t tell me yet … I […]
The Clash Over Interest Rates June 17, 2019 Great Stuff Jerome, you’ve got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? The Federal Open Market Committee is meeting this week to decide the fate of U.S. monetary policy. In other words, the Fed is looking at interest rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will hand down the central bank’s decision on Wednesday […]
The Fed Is Now Dovish — Why the Markets Haven’t Really Changed June 7, 2019 Stocks, U.S. Economy, Winning Investor Daily The market tells the Fed what it should be doing, not vice versa. That’s how it maintained transparency after the global financial crisis. Trade War Part 2: Interest-Rate Cut Boogaloo June 5, 2019 Great Stuff The U.S.-China trade war has entered phase 2. The first phase was hiking tariffs and trying to see who would blink first. But neither side blinked. In fact, China called the U.S. on tariffs and backed out of trade negotiations in May amid some pretty strong rhetoric. Now, with both countries feeling the tariff effects, […]
Friday Fallout Four-Play: Trump Tariff Tweets May 31, 2019 Great Stuff More tariffs are coming, and the market isn’t happy. Let’s get serious for a moment… Last night, President Trump tweeted that the U.S. will impose a 5% tariff on all imports from Mexico until the country stops illegal migrants crossing the border. What’s more, those tariffs could rise to as much as 25% by October if Mexico […]





