For the average person trying to decide how to feel about the economy, the single biggest data point is the stock market. When share prices are rising, the implicit message is that finance professionals — who, after all, dedicate their lives to understanding such things and should therefore know what’s happening — have decided that life is good and getting […]
Over the last several years, two powerful forces have helped to drive the stock market far higher than many have expected. The first, as we all know, has been very loose monetary policy through a combination of low rates and continuous rounds of QE by the Federal Reserve.The second has been the record amount of stocks bought by companies through […]
What “harsh weather”, aka completely unpredictable cold snaps and snow during the winter were to Q1 US GDP, which somehow cratered from an expected 2.5% increase to a -2.9% collapse (a $200 billion negative swing in the US economy due to weather, let that sink in for a second), the Brazil world cup may be to the stock market. At […]
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,Is the New Normal of ever-higher stock valuations sustainable, or will low volatility lead to higher volatility, and intervention to instability?Though we’re constantly reassured by financial pundits and the Federal Reserve that the stock market is not a bubble and that valuations are fair, there is substantial evidence that suggests the contrary.The […]
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QEIt’s been a wild ride for investors on the Qatar Exchange over the last couple of years.Between July 2012 and the start of this month, the market’s main index rose by nearly two-thirds and reached an all-time high. But then, share prices started to decline, with the index plunging more than nine percent this month alone.So what’s going on in the […]
The Frankfurt stock exchange today. Photograph: STRINGER/GERMANY/REUTERSLast night’s dovish tone from the US central bank has lifted European stock markets, pushed the pound higher, and sent the VIX volatility index down to its lowest level in around eight years.The Fed sparked the rally last night, by giving no clear indication of when interest rates might rise, and by refusing to […]
Benchmarks’ upward move continued for the fourth-straight trading day on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept its monetary policy “highly accommodative” and suggested there would be no immediate rate hikes. The central bank’s move to trim the bond repurchase yet again by $10 billion was widely accepted as the benchmarks scored their best gains in about four weeks. The S&P […]
Proof the Stock Market Is Being RiggedBy Bill Bonner, Chairman, Bonner & Partners on June 18, 2014We are still reeling.Yesterday, we reported that central banks are major buyers of stocks.Their policy of suppressing yields on bonds has pushed them to stretch for higher returns in the stock market. A recent report by a central bank research and advisory group called […]
The Death of Stock Market VolatilityStock-Markets / VolatilityJun 14, 2014 – 04:58 PM GMTBy: Jesse
The US equity markets ended the week on a dull note, barely able to bounce after a lower open to end the week on a correcting note.The question will be if this is just a consolidation after […]
