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The Power of Bitcoin in an Interest Rate Cut Resistant Economy

21 Jul 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Heath Muchena $0.10

As the global financial landscape undergoes significant shifts, one emerging observation is the likely de-sensitization of the U.S. economy to interest rate cuts in the upcoming business cycle. This phenomenon, akin to the recent desensitization to i...

Morning JAVA: FED Holds Rates, Eases Quantitative Tightening

2 May 2024 3 minute read 3 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.10

After being away for a couple of weeks travelling to the east coast, I finally have a bit of time for another Morning JAVA post. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve concluded yet another FOMC meeting and to no one's surprise, the FED held bench mark rate...

Is Gold's Rally Signaling Something Else On The Horizon?

9 Mar 2024 8 minute read 10 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.13

Gold's Rally May Be Telling Us Something   Since February 29, gold began an unprecedented rally that would see the yellow metal rise to a new weekly closing high on the following day, March 1. Gold continued to rally into the following trading week...

FED Holds Rates Fourth Consecutive Month (+ Other News)

3 Feb 2024 4 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara $0.17

This week has been a busy one indeed. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Bank concluded its first policy setting FOMC meeting of the year. The markets expected neither a rate cut or hike and that's what they got. The FED has decided to remain neutral...

Gold Appears To Have A New Bottom Near $2,040

16 Jan 2024 2 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara $0.20

The average gold price going back decades reveals a startling pattern, the bottom for gold is on the rise. For the better part of two decades, between 1996 and 2006, gold averaged around $350. The massive spike to over $1,900 (May, 2011) that follows...

Starting 2024; Uneasy.

10 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments OfTheFreeMarket $0.01

 The Federal reserve has decided to hold interest rates to start the year off. S&P 500, Nasdaq,Dow, and Crypto markets alike all hitting a downward trend to start the new year off. This is leaving retail investors like ourselves wondering what does 2...

Bank of England + ECB Hold Rates Steady

14 Dec 2023 3 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.15

Last week, the Bank of Canada announced they were holding rates steady at 5%, where it's been since September. Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Reserve also announced they too were holding rates for the third consecutive month, as with the BoC but went on...

FED Holds Rates For Third Consecutive Month

13 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.37

This afternoon, the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve concluded its last F.O.M.C. meeting of the year. It's usually at this time when we find out what their plans are, basically. Key lending rates will stay the same as they have been before the...

Bitcoin Magazine sends the most iconic response to the Federal Reserve

4 Nov 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Kovichni $0.81

So the "Federal" Reserve is threatening to sue Bitcoin Magazine. Why? Because they are butthurt over Bitcoin Magazine's parody use of Fednow's name/logo. “The Federal Reserve recently learned that Bitcoin Magazine is selling t-shirts, hats, and other...

Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged

1 Nov 2023 2 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara $0.33

Thanks for dropping by. Please subscribe if you haven't yet! This month's FOMC meeting at the FED concluded this afternoon, leaving rates untouched at 5.25 to 5.5%. According to an article on Kitco News, not much forward guidance was provided regardi...