Whether the Fed hikes rates Wednesday or not, the disruption is coming – and it will move markets.
Why Tomorrow Is the Most Important Day in the Markets
Here's how to position your portfolio ahead of the inevitable...
By Shah Gilani, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Morning • @ShahGilani_TW - • Print | Email
Whether the Fed hikes rates Wednesday or not, the disruption is coming – and it will move markets.
Here's how to position your portfolio ahead of the inevitable...
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
The use of negative interest rates is increasing as policymakers run out of tools to spur growth.
Talks of U.S. policymakers going "below zero" are heating up.
By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report - • Print | Email
So consider this strategy to hedge against negative rates...
By Michael E. Lewitt, Global Credit Strategist, Money Morning • @MichaelELewitt - • Print | Email
Volatility finally visited the stock market last week after the dullest summer in two decades as the hydra-headed Federal Reserve played Hamlet regarding its intentions regarding interest rates. That description of the increasingly feckless Fed may constitute a mixed metaphor, but that is a small sin compared to the damage the group of former tenured […]
By Cameron Saucier, Associate Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
The next Fed rate hike could happen in 2016.
We've dissected Fed speeches, data, and FOMC meeting minutes to nail down the most likely date.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
The September FOMC meeting is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year for market watchers.
That's why we're highlighting what to watch for at the Sept. 20-21 gathering.
While an interest rate hike is unlikely, here's what the Fed could do...
By Michael E. Lewitt, Global Credit Strategist, Money Morning • @MichaelELewitt - • Print | Email
At the Fed's Jackson Hole symposium last month, there were strong hints from Fed Chair Janet Yellen and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer that they want to raise rates in the near future, but they have broken such promises before.
Those broken promises are likely what lead investors to continue their staggering complacency, and they missed some very disturbing noises about the Fed's plans to deal with the next recession.
These plans are unconstitutional and dangerous, but they're only the next step in a quiet revolution that's already being waged by central banks worldwide.
Credulous, complacent investors put themselves at risk of catastrophic losses as this "revolution" moves further along toward its only logical conclusion…
The wholesale destruction of free markets – and the wealth that people have parked there…
By Michael E. Lewitt, Global Credit Strategist, Money Morning • @MichaelELewitt - • Print | Email
The Committee to Destroy the World opened is hydra-headed mouth one too many times last week.
The result was the biggest drop in stocks since Brexit.
The Dow Jones Industrial average fell nearly 400 points or 2.1% on Friday while the S&P 500 dropped nearly 54 points or 2.5% and the Nasdaq Composite Index also shed 2.5% and nearly 134 points.
By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Disappointing economic data has left investors with no idea whether there will be a September Federal Reserve rate hike.
While odds are still unlikely for a rate hike this month, it is always difficult to interpret the Fed's intentions.
Here's what to expect from the September FOMC meeting and for the rest of the year...
By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Negative interest rates seem to be working, according to Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer.
With decades of financial experience, one would assume the Fed vice chair would know what he's talking about.
But are negative interest rates really working? Here's everything you need to know...