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ASML Holding: On Sentiment, Semiconductors & Sanity October 16, 2021 Great Stuff What’s The Deal With ASML Holding N.V.? ASML Holding N.V. (Nasdaq: ) is a powerhouse in the semiconductor equipment market … and that’s putting it lightly. We all know there’s a semiconductor shortage. And we all know that in order to fix the shortage, chip companies need to make more chips. Duh… ASML Holding is […]
CRISPR Capers, Hyzon Hot Takes & GOGO Wifi Rangers October 8, 2021 Great Stuff Genome What I’m Sayin’? At long last … the day has come! ‘Round here, Fridays are filled with Reader Feedback from start to finish — like a feast of meaty market morsels, delectable investing questions and awkward food analogies. It’s once again time to hold my nose and dive into the Great Stuff inbox to […]
Astro’s Stairway to Heaven, Cal-Maine Cracks Up & Woah There Warby September 29, 2021 Great Stuff Amazon Astro: Ruh, Roh George! What falls down stairs (alone or in pairs), rolls over your family’s dog? What sees you as a snack? Better watch your back! It’s Amazon’s Astro! It’s Astro. It’s Astro. It’s recording your neighborhood. It’s Astro. It’s Astro. It’s better than bad, it’s good? (Anyone else watch Ren & Stimpy?) […]
Big Tech’s Breakup, China’s Latest Gamble & Oh, How The Meatless Have Fallen September 16, 2021 Great Stuff Too Big To Break Up? September has been the month of soap opera theatrics. Last Wednesday, we were regaled by the pilot episode of Keeping SECrets … you know, when the SEC and Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: ) got into a tizzy? The SEC ghosted Coinbase’s requests to try and comply with crypto regulations … then […]
We’ll Pay You to Take Our Money August 31, 2021 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing What if the Federal Reserve tried to give away money … and nobody wanted it?
That’s exactly what’s happening.
Last week, the stock market behaved as it always does in the run-up to a big Fed announcement.
Stocks traded sideways all week. Then on Friday, when Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank wasn’t going to be changing anything soon, everyone started buying again.
This is a familiar routine. It’s based on the assumption that the Fed has the power to raise or lower interest rates by buying bonds out of the market in exchange for cash injections.
But what if that assumption is wrong?