The feature in the marketplace Thursday is a surging U.S. dollar index that soared to a 13-year high overnight. The greenback is the beneficiary of a U.S. interest rate hike on Wednesday that was accompanied by a surprisingly hawkish tone on monetary policy from the Federal Reserve. There is now talk the Fed could raise interest rates up to three times in 2017.
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World Stock Markets Higher As Trader/Investor Optimism Remains Generally Upbeat
World stock markets were mostly firmer overnight. European stock markets benefited in part from Thursday's European Central Bank meeting on monetary policy that was deemed dovish. Financial stocks in Europe have posted decent recoveries recently. U.S. stock indexes are pointed toward slightly higher openings when the New York day session begins. The Dow and S&P 500 stock indexes have hit record highs this week on ideas world economic growth is on the upswing and will continue on that path in 2017.
How the Federal Reserve Will Destroy Capitalism
With few policy options remaining in the event of another fiscal crisis, the Federal Reserve is floating an idea that would spell the end of capitalism.
In an effort to stimulate the economy, the Fed will start buying stocks. Several other central banks are already doing it.
The Fed needs only the blessing of Congress to get started, practically a given.
This would be poison to the markets - but here's what investors can do to profit from it...
What Today's FOMC Meeting Statement Told Us
The U.S. Federal Reserve ended its closely watched two-day policy meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The Fed held rates steady as expected buy language was key.
Here's what the FOMC meeting statement told us...
Here's the Terrifying Endgame of Global Central Banking
Socialist monetarism: (sōSHələst mänidərizəm) the takeover of the free world by an oligarchy of bankers
The unthinkable is happening; in fact, the final chapter is being written as you read this.
Governments around the (presumably) free world have ceded fiscal and economic control of their countries to central bankers, who, drunk with power, are methodically replacing free-market capitalism with a new order of socialist monetarism.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, you're not alone. See, you're not supposed to know.
The fact is, we're supposed to think that central banks are our economic saviors.
But what they're actually doing, right before our very eyes, is radically changing the world we know.
And not at all for the better...
There's a Seasonably Spooky Stock Chart Making the Rounds
An analyst from a reputable investment research firm drew a stock chart that has some quarters of the internet panicking.
But… they're not seeing the whole picture – there's a lot that's not right about this stock chart.
When Is the Next FOMC Meeting?
When is the next FOMC meeting and what will the impact on markets be? Those are questions we keep hearing from investors ahead of the November FOMC meeting.
Here's everything you need to know, including dates of the next FOMC meeting...
Upbeat U.K. Economic Data Sinks European, U.S. Bond Markets
In overnight news, the U.K. economy grew by 0.5% in the third quarter from the second, and grew by 2.3%, year-on-year. The numbers were better than market expectations. Also, retailers in the U.K. saw stronger than expected sales in October, a report said Thursday.
Why the Markets Aren't Moving So Close to a Fed Meeting
The next Fed meeting is in 11 days, and this time the markets are not all that volatile. Stocks are still near all-time highs, and almost nobody expects the Fed to raise rates in November.
Here's what you can do ahead of the meeting to prepare...
New FOMC Meeting Minutes Released Today
The U.S. Federal Reserve released its FOMC meeting minutes today, and we've sifted through all of the most important details.
And we have more clues about when the next Fed rate hike is coming.