May 27, 2020
“Something strange happened in the U.S. stock market on Tuesday… Rather, the most unusual part of the latest rally is that bank shares clearly led the advance. As of last week, Bloomberg’s 18-company S&P 500 Banks Index was down more than 40% in… Continue Reading…
May 19, 2020
““Three, four years down the line if the economy is still in a very weak state, then perhaps the Federal Reserve could consider negative rates,” said Seamus Mac Gorain, head of global rates in London at the $1.7 trillion investment… Continue Reading…
May 13, 2020
“New York: The worst recession since the Great Depression is prompting indebted companies to default, and increasingly more will do so in a way that’s harder for investors to detect. Rating firms predict that more companies will pursue distressed debt… Continue Reading…
May 12, 2020
“ Goldman Sachs expects the S&P 500 to close the year 2% higher, but not before enduring an 18% plunge over the next three months. The stock market’s recent leap from late-March lows is best attributed to investors’ “fear of missing out,” the… Continue Reading…
April 24, 2020
“The U.S. Federal Reserve announced Friday that banks can now allow account holders to make an unlimited number of withdrawals and transfers from their savings accounts. The central bank updated its rules to scrap the six-per-month limit that had previously… Continue Reading…
April 14, 2020
“JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s first-quarter profit tumbled 69% and the bank set aside an additional $6.8 billion to cover potential losses on loans to consumers and businesses struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus shutdown…” https://www.wsj.com/articles/jpmorgan-chase-reports-profit-falls-69-amid-u-s-coronavirus-outbreak-11586862723
April 9, 2020
“The Federal Reserve is taking additional steps to provide up to $2.3 trillion in loans to support the economy. The money will target American households and businesses… The Fed said Thursday that it is activating a Main Street Business Lending… Continue Reading…
April 6, 2020
“Two weeks ago, just after the Fed first announced its massive overnight and term repo operation expansion which now amounts to some $1 trillion in daily repo capacity (and before Powell expanded this bazooka to included ZIRP and unlimited QE),… Continue Reading…
April 2, 2020
“The Federal Reserve is temporarily relaxing a rule that imposes additional capital requirements on deposits and Treasury securities held by the biggest U.S. banks… The decision signals a complete turnaround in money-market conditions from early March, when dislocations in interest rates indicated… Continue Reading…
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