InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips There’s an old Wall Street saying: “Don’t fight the Fed.” What it means is simple. When the Federal Reserve is cutting rates and flooding the system with liquidity, you want to be long. When they’re hiking rates and tightening, you don’t want to be the one standing in front of that freight train. The Fed… The post From Washington’s Wallet to Wall Street Wins: Why KRMN Could Be the Next Triple-Digit Trade appeared f...| | InvestorPlace
While nominal gains in spending and income look strong on the topline, adjusting for inflation is necessary—and subsequently implies an economy that is growing just above 1 percent. ... READ MORE >| The Real Economy Blog
The US economy expanded in the second quarter at a slightly faster pace than initially estimated on a pickup in business investment and an outsize boost from trade. Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product, which measures the value of goods and services produced in the US, increased at a 3.3% annualized pace, the second estimate from the […] The post US economy expands at revised 3.3% rate on stronger investment appeared first on Auto Finance News.| Auto Finance News
It would be unusual for all of the other board members to serve out their entire terms, but if they did, then five of the six current members would remain in office beyond the end of Trump’s second…| Economist Writing Every Day
The Fed is required by law to keep inflation low and stable while also maintaining full employment. Achieving that dual mandate isn't always easy. Currently, the labor market is at full employment, but there are a few signs of weakening. Inflation was on track to fall to the| Yardeni QuickTakes
Wolf pack sightings aren’t uncommon in Grand Teton National Park. But this week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell may find himself fending off a large pack of them again as Federal Reserve officials gather for their annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The two-plus weeks since July's| Yardeni QuickTakes
The 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium will focus on "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy." The symposium is scheduled for August 21-23. It's an annual event hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in Jackson Hole,| Yardeni QuickTakes
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran to serve out the remaining term of Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler. Trump said Miran will serve in the role until January 31, 2026, while he continues a search for a permanent replacement. The Senate will probably| Yardeni QuickTakes
US President Donald Trump is weighing legal action against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, tying the clash to his demand for an immediate interest rate| Bitcoinist.com
President Donald Trump is on a roll. He now has 33 trade deals—with the UK, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and the 27 countries that are members of the European Union (EU). The EU deal was announced today. The deals show that Trump has raised his baseline tariff| Yardeni QuickTakes
The Federal Reserve System attempts to mimic the balance of powers that is present in our three branches of federal government, and the unique short and long-term interests are analogous to the US …| Economist Writing Every Day
Wirtschaft kollabiert, Schulden explodieren, Preise steigen unaufhörlich. Es wird ungemütlich für Deutschlands Bürger. Als Schuldige sollen wir immer die gleichen Verdächtigen akzeptieren: Corona, Klima, Putin, Trump. „Nein, es ist das schlechte Geld, das immer schlechter wird und uns enteignet,“ so Bankkaufmann und Wirtschaftsinformatiker Benjamin Mudlack. „Die Goldkaufkraft eines Normalverdieners ist seit 1970 um 90 % gesunken“. Der Autor von „Neues Geld für eine freie Welt...| PUNKT.PRERADOVIC
The Federal Reserve just released the results of its 2025 round of stress testing on 22 major US banks, and personally, I have never come across something more ridiculous and hypocritical. Let’s start with the fact that the FED itself admits how it found it appropriate to make this year’s...| JustDario
Back in August last year I wrote the article “IF THE FED CUTS RATES, THE DAMAGES WILL BE FAR GREATER THAN THE BENEFITS” to deliver the following warnings: “To all those who advocate rate cuts because those will benefit the economy, I dare to ask where exactly the economy will...| JustDario
The Federal Reserve, has finally “said the quiet part out loud”: stagflation is no longer just a tail risk—it’s now a clear and present danger. For months, policymakers danced around the threat. Now, the masks are off. This is the analysis of Nigel Green, CEO of financial advisory giant deVere Group after the Fed signaled on Wednesday […]| The Herald ghana
Riflettori su quello che è successo durante l’ultima settimana nel comparto immobiliare, partendo dalle aziende quotate a Piazza Affari e dai dati di settore| QuiFinanza
Alain Guélennoc, président du directoire de Federal Finance Gestion| L'Agefi
A few days ago in “EXPOSING THE ILLUSION: HOW MODERN ECONOMICS FUELS WEALTH INEQUALITY AND ZOMBIE MARKETS,” I discussed how current economic theories, often used to guide market decisions, are being contradicted by the actual results they produce. Right now, many are puzzled by how the USD, US yields, and...| JustDario
On 14 October 2008, the BOJ entered the bailout arena in full force with its “Introduction of Measures regarding Money Market Operations to Ensure Stability in Financial Markets.” Among the four “temporary” initiatives announced, the last one was the most crucial one… and remains the most crucial one today. “Expansion...| JustDario
This week #FED and #BOJ have a lot to lose and very little to gain, a situation they put themselves into and that nobody tried to stop them from falling into. The money printer made so many people happy since the aftermath of the GFC, no motivation for anyone getting...| JustDario
“Higher stock prices will boost consumer wealth and help increase confidence, which can also spur spending. Increased spending will lead to higher incomes and profits that, in a virtuous circle, will further support economic expansion.” This is how on the 5th of November 2010 the almighty Ben Bernanke himself was...| JustDario
Every avalanche always starts with that last small drop of a snowflake that makes the whole pack of snow too heavy to stick on the mountain. Since the #FED and fellow Central Banks joined the BOJ in the great money-printing crusade to “save the world” from COVID-19 in March 2020,...| JustDario
A few weeks ago Goldman Sachs (#GS) performed poorly in the #FED annual stress tests, and since then, the bank has been fighting against its regulator’s request to increase the capital being held on the balance sheet (Goldman Sachs faces uphill battle in dispute with Federal Reserve over stress test)....| JustDario
The previous quarter, banks truly stretched any possible accounting and regulatory standard to the limit to kick the can down the road, hoping a #FED rate cut could give them some relief. Unfortunately for them, not only did this not happen, but today our dear Jerome Burns reminded everyone that...| JustDario
In September 2023, I addressed for the first time the (nasty) topic of #banks’ balance sheet health in the “This time is not different” post on X. After that, I expanded the analysis to large US and European banks in “WHICH BANKS ARE AT RISK OF GOING BUST IN A...| JustDario
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, 1926. The financial position of the federal government of the United…| James Turk Blog
