The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

The bear market is here. Let there be no doubt about that. Now we need to explore how low the S&P 500 (SPY) will go in the months ahead along with a trading plan to outperform. (Hint: Shorting stocks is #1 on the list of things to do). 40 year…

The Federal Reserve on June 15, 2022, lifted interest rates by 0.75 percentage point, the third hike this year and the largest since 1994. The move is aimed at countering the fastest pace of inflation in over 40 years.

The stock market tanked in the last trading session after a hotter-than-expected inflation data release. Investors are worried about the possibility of the Fed’s aggressive monetary policy tightening pushing the economy into a recession. However, the market downturn presents an excellent opportunity to add quality small-cap stocks P.A.M. Transportation Services…

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by 1.5% by the end of July. With the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) down more than 20% from its highs, money market accounts may soon become more attractive to investors and savers in a volatile economic climate.

Stocks have ticked steadily downward as the US Federal Reserve bank raises interest rates.

The acceleration in digital transformation across industries has been a significant tailwind for tech companies amid the pandemic. Although the Fed tightening monetary policy has kept the tech sector under pressure, analysts are bullish on its long-term prospects. Thus, we think fundamentally strong tech stocks Fair Isaac (FICO), ON Semiconductor…

Zoltan Pozsar Warned Us In a post about a month ago (The Fed Isn't Your Friend), we wrote about Zoltan Pozsar's warning that the Fed's helicopters were going to be dropping "financial" napalm on the stock market. 

A higher-than-expected May inflation report has concerned investors since this could force the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates aggressively. Since the possibility of the economy slipping into a recession is expected to keep the stock market under pressure, investors could consider stocks that tend to perform well amid an…

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its target Fed funds rate by 0.5% in May, its first interest rate hike of that size in more than 20 years. With this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting just around the quarter, the bond market is now anticipating the Fed will ramp up…

Unemployment rise and prospect of new Scottish independence referendum fuel recession fears

The cryptocurrency market has been following traditional markets lower since the start of the year, but one investor said crypto will lead markets higher on the other side of the Federal Reserve's most aggressive tightening cycle in more than 40 years.