Major Cryptocurrencies: A Trader’s Guide
Cryptocurrencies have seen an explosion in popularity since they rose to prominence in 2009 and there are now over two thousand in existence. Some of the ‘major’ cryptocurrencies include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin. These are among the most traded...
Yen Surges as Markets Tumble on Insufficiently Dovish Fed
US stocks tumbled overnight, extending recent decline, as FOMC raised interest rate and the overall announce was less dovish than expected. Risk aversion also spread to Asian session. Commodity currencies are generally pressured as a result. New Zealand Dollar additionally...
FOMC Review – Fed Not As Dovish As Expected
The December FOMC meeting outcome is expected, yet unexpected. As widely anticipated, it raised the policy rate, by +25 bps, to 2.25-2.5%. The IOER rate was raised by +20bps. The members trimmed the rate hike forecasts to two, form three,...
All About The FED And The Discussions Go On
Markets The S&P 500 tumbles as the Fed goes whistling past the grave triggering a swath of asset rotation out of equity markets and into US bonds. At the time of writing the S&P, 500 fell -1.5 % while US...
FOMC Review Fed To Markets: ‘Just A Couple Of More Hikes’
As expected, the Fed raised the target range by 25bp to 2.25%-2.50% but only raised the Interest Rate on Excess Reserves by 20bp to 2.40%. With the hike, the Fed funds rate is now in the lower end of the...
China banking: Opportunity knocks – so does risk
You only have to read the headlines on the research reports coming out of Asia to get a sense of the mood – and it’s sombre. “Always darkest before the dawn” (Nomura). “Steadying the ship in a stormy world” (BNP...
Jeff Gundlach and his deputy think Fed’s Powell made a mistake by tightening on ‘autopilot’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made two mistakes during his news conference Wednesday, according to bond king Jeffrey Gundlach. Powell sounded like he was on autopilot when it came to quantitative tightening and he talked too much about economic modeling,...
The Fed thinks economic growth will slow as Trump’s 2020 re-election bid approaches
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday reinforced the notion that U.S. economic growth will likely slow as President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election bid approaches. While the central bank did not raise fears about an imminent recession, it projected a weaker economy...
Powell says he doesn’t see Fed changing its strategy for shrinking the balance sheet
As the future path of interest hikes gets cloudier, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the balance sheet reduction program will continue to proceed as planned. The Fed currently is allowing $50 billion a month to run off the balance...
Fed now sees just 2 rate hikes in 2019
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it now expects just two rate hikes in 2019, one less than it had previously forecast in September. In its economic projections, the Fed reduced its forecast for the federal funds rate. It said it...
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