Spending Measure Passes, But Remaining Debt Ceiling Issue and Taper Talk Sink Markets… The House passed a continuing resolution to authorize spending through December 3, avoiding a government shutdown ...
Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets and economies.
For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120 billion of bonds every month to ensure United States markets remained liquid and interest rates remained low during the pandemic. ...
There was a gappers’ block in financial markets last week as equity investors slowed to see what the United States Treasury bond market was up to.
U.S. Treasury bonds rallied last week. Yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped from 1.43 percent at the start of the week to 1.27 percent on Thursday. The rally was quite a surprise, reported Randall W. ...
Week In Review – March 31 2020
Two. Trillion. Dollars.… The Senate approved a $2 Trillion stimulus package to fight the economic effects of the response to SARS-CoV-2, the official name for coronavirus. What it means – We’re ...
Week In Review – March 16 2020
Coronavirus Infects Equities, Kills Bull Market… It took 16 trading days from the February 19th record high for the S&P-500 to fall 26%. The 11-year bull market has come to an end. What it ...