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Back to SearchBrexit Not The Reason Fed Won’t Hike In June – Ep. 173
* This is the week of the June FOMC meeting, although it's really going to be a dud
* For a while there was speculation that the Fed was going to pull the trigger and increase interest rates for t…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Government Schools Dumb Down The Electorate – Ep.172
* Janet Yellen spoke yesterday and this was the first time she spoke following the release of the much weaker than expected Non-Farm Payroll report that we got on Friday
* Not only was the month o…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
May Jobs Report Takes June Rate Hike Off The Table – SchiffReport
* It was a few weeks ago, following the release of the FOMC meetings, in which the various governors appeared quite hawkish in their tone
* They were talking about the resurgent U.S. economy, the …
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Yellen Loves Economics; Too Bad She Doesn’t Understand It – Ep. 171
* Well the tone and tenor of the discourse of the various market pundits and Wall Street economists seems to be that this recovery is on track
* I guess there were some doubts about the recovery u…
Published on 9 years, 6 months ago
Stock Market Bulls Charge Again On “Rate Hikes Don’t Matter” – Ep. 170
* It really is amazing how short memories are on Wall Street
* This seems exactly like December when everybody was convinced that a rate hike wouldn't matter because the economy was improving and …
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Fed Cries Wolf, Traders Come Running – Ep. 169
* I wanted to record a short podcast today just to discuss the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) minutes that were released at 2:00pm this afternoon ET, which reflect the views of the Fed when t…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Goodbye Fed Credibility, Hello Stagflation – Ep. 168
* Another volatile day in the stock market sees the major averages deep in the red
* The Dow was down just over 1%; down 180 points, 17,529
* The NASDAQ actually got walloped a little more; down …
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
How Much More Bad News Can The Markets Withstand? – Ep. 167
* The markets continue, really, to ignore all of the overwhelming bad news
* Bad news on the economy, bad news on the corporate earnings front, retail sales - you name it, the news is bad
* But t…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Politics Trumps Truth – Ep. 166
* Today I really want to talk more about Donald Trump, in particular, the firestorm that I think I lit with respect to Trump comments with respect to defaulting on the National Debt
* Now I really…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 165: Markets In Denial About Jobs As Trump Lets Truth Slip About Debt
* Today we got the government's Non-Farm Payroll report, otherwise known as the Jobs Report, for the month of April and pretty much all the mainstream Wall Street guys were looking for another stro…
Published on 9 years, 7 months ago