I think it's just a short drop. Investor are selling to take profit. More companies are sweeping up bitcoins over last few weeks. It will break through $100K and even $150K
"What is important that will constrain how far the Fed can go is the extreme level of debt. At a record $83 trillion of public and private debt, if the Fed goes as much as what is priced in, we are talking about $330 billion being drained out of the economy for debt servicing charges or about 1.5% out of GDP." -Dave Rosenberg*WHAT IS THE QUOTE ABOUT ?The quote above thematizes the FEDs current interest rate course. As you can see, the overall debt levels publicly, as well as privately are extremely high. This combined with interest rate hikes lead to a lot of financing issues. This mostly afflicts growth stocks, since they normally have a lot of debt and close to no earnings to pay their interest, but also close to every other stock, raising the question how far the FED can go in hiking in
$SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(SPY)$ Fed's Harker sees 'lack of progress' on inflation, expects aggressive rate hikes ahead TLDR: • "We are going to keep raising rates for a while," the central bank official said in remarks for a speech in New lersey. "Given our frankly disappointing lack of progress on curtailing inflation, I expect we will be well above 4% by the end of the year." • The latter comment was in reference to the fed funds rate, which currently is targeted in a range between 3%-3.25%. • The expectation is that the Federal Open Market Committee, of which Harker is a nonvoting member this year, will then take rates a bit higher in 2023 before settling in a range around 4.5%-4.75%. • "Sometime next year, we are goi
"The increase in money supply is the real factor that creates an artificial economic boom. It is likely that people such as Jerome Powell know this, but they are unable to admit it because it would cause havoc in the economy."-Alasdair Macleod WHAT DOES MACLEOD MEAN? In Alasdair Macleods opinion, the high inflation we are currently experiencing was not just caused by the Ukraine war, but also by the incredible increase of money supply that happened through central bank policy. This has in Macleods opinion to the latest boom in stocks, we have experienced since the corona pandemie until last year. While many would suggest that this is not the case, there are a lot of charts backing his thesis. For once, there is the strong correlation between the S&P500 and the amount of money (M2) whi
The Fed is taking extreme measures to bring inflation down, approving five interest rate hikes since March with more planned for the rest of the year and possibly through to 2023. But the fast pace of tightening from the Fed has been largely unprecedented, and even Federal Reserve officials themselves have been uneasy about how little time they have between each interest rate hike to understand what effect tightening is having on the economy. All those unknowns are reason enough to stay cautious in today's market, according to Solomon.~ The signals that he gave in this interview are huge. Trade safely
Bitcoin Price The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is consolidating near the $19,500 level, with a trading volume of $27 billion in 24 hours. Bitcoin has increased by 2% in the last 24 hours. CoinMarketCap currently ranks first, with a live market cap of $375 billion. Bitcoin found early support near $19,440 and has since rebounded to trade near $19,600. The BTC/USD pair has also surpassed the 50-day moving average, signaling a bullish trend. A break below $19,440 might send BTC to the previous triple bottom support near $19,200, while another breach could send BTC to $18,900. On the upside, resistance is still located near $19,650. If the price exceeds $19,650, investors will likely consider buying until $19,950. Ethereum Price The current price of Ethereum is $1,333, with a 24-hour tradi
Such an unusual year for the markets Such an unusual year for the markets. All the investors were educated in a way we would expect a negative correlation between fixed income and stocks. We were tough that if we wanted to decrease our portfolio volatility we should balance our portfolio with fixed income investments, since the are offering "Fixed Income". But for the last 18 months, both, stocks and bonds have lost a lot of value (bonds started to decline in valuations in September last year) Why is the reason behind it? Many analysts are saying that bonds lost in value is due to an exponential increase in interest rate, so many investors would flee from Fixed income investments, but where did all that money go? that money usually goes to equity investments. But now, all that money flew
With the good news of the Bank of America's financial report, the UK withdrawing the tax cut policy, the market sentiment has stabilized, and the technology stocks that have fallen deeply have ushered in a rebound. The Dow rose more than 550 points to return to the 30,000 mark. The S&P rose more than 2.6%, breaking above its 200-week moving average. The Nasdaq jumped more than 3.4%, while the Hanan index rose more than 2.2%. After Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared in the report of the 20th National Congress that education, technology and talents are the foundation of China's development into a strong country, and BYD expects profit growth in the third quarter to be as high as 365%, electric vehicle stocks have benefited, and Chinese car manufacturers have benefited. The new force Sanx
After the Bank of England announced it will end its bond-buying on Friday as scheduled, the International Monetary Fund lowered global growth estimates, and inflation statistics indicated rate hikes are likely to continue, market volatility increased again last week. As the Nasdaq index dropped to its lowest level in two years and the technology, telecoms, and real estate industries all saw fresh 52-week lows. Trade safely