Financial Markets
24 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
Last week, Federal Reserve policy makers lowered the federal funds rate for a second time this year by 0.25 percent to a range from 1.75 percent to 2 percent due to “weakness in global growth and trade policy”; however, it failed to make clear plans...
17 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
This week, all eyes are on the Fed to lower the Federal funds rate by a quarter point and make clear plans to cut rates again. If it does, markets should make new all-time highs. https://app.box.com/s/2i9tpd7f5k665jwpq9fpislimx8vdnhx
11 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
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20 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
Between President Trump’s trade war and Fed Chair Powell’s reluctance to drop interest rates, they are on the verge of inverting the yield curve over its full duration. https://app.box.com/s/77pwq8ph9n0qbomxb88vmcswtcd1laoz
17 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
I believe my background as a gold mining analyst allows me to truly understand the value of Bitcoin because Bitcoin competes with gold. https://www.streetwisereports.com/article/2018/10/27/bitcoin-to-400-000-for-the-skeptics-and-the-birth-of-blockc...
13 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
Just after the Fed dropped interest rates but disappointed the market when it signaled that policy makers weren’t convinced of the need to embark on a full-fledged round of easing, President Trump announced the U.S. will impose a 10-percent tariff on...
6 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Rod_cfa
Just as we thought, the Fed disappointed the market with its wording concerning future rate cuts. Chairman Jerome Powell, signaled that policy makers weren’t convinced of the need to embark on a full-fledged round of easing at a time when the market...
