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All Eyes On Fed Chair Powell  Share   Share Trending The market closed about unchanged, as this has been a week of trading on pins and needles.  But this is the big day, and perhaps, the biggest moment for Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. As if there wasn’t enough pressure on Powell & Co, the yield on the ten-year treasury bond is spiking this morning through former support levels that temporarily held as resistance.   Yesterday’s survey of global fund managers by the ...

Macro Tides Weekly Technical Review 15 March 2021 Before the end of the first quarter the financial markets are likely to be buffeted by several factors. The Federal Reserve meets on March 16 and March 17 and will provide its quarterly assessment of the economy, inflation, and monetary policy, with Chair Powell answering questions in the post FOMC meeting press conference. Pension funds will rebalance their portfolios to maintain their 60% / 40% allocation to equities and bonds. Please share th...

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of England policy maker Gertjan Vlieghe gave his strongest backing yet for the use of negative interest rates if the U.K. needs more stimulus, highlighting a growing schism between officials on the institution’s toolkit. Two days after Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said the BOE had scope for more quantitative easing to support the economy -- describing it as a “tried and tested tool” -- his colleague on the Monetary Policy Committee contended that there’s “little QE ...

Macro Tides Monthly Report 03 January 2021 Economists are forecasting a strong rebound in 2021 especially in the second half of the year. By the end of 2021 economists expect S&P 500 earnings to climb to $170.00 from $140.00 in 2020 and $161.00 in 2019. Much of this forecast is dependent on the speed of vaccinations and how quickly the American consumer can return to their ‘normal’ spending habits. With the S&P 500 trading above 3700, it is sporting a forward P/E of 22.00 which is the secon...

So we have no idea what the feds going to do because the fomc is just 12 votes where out of 12 people drawn from all across the country youre going to have some hawks, some doves, you never know. so there is no vision. theres no vision to communicate. charles: great point, and that was also underscored in the so-called dot plot, you had a couple that wanted to do nothing, one voter who wanted a 50 basis point cut. jay powell says, he seems to take pride that he is more of a consensus builder rat...