#consumer #stimulus #retail #spending #Fed #PresidentTrump $DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX $VXX “Surprise, consumers saved 36% of their stimulus checks and kept on spending.” –Paul Ebeling As emergency aid/relief/stimulus programs for American consumers expired The People kept spending. Friday’s September retail sales report confirmed it. The government data told us that consumers put much of their stimulus money away and have recently […]
#recession #recovery #sentiment #optimism #Bulls #Bears $DIA $SPY $QQQ $$RUTX $VXX It took 175 days for the S&P 500 index to go from Top to Bottom to Top, this recovery came faster than any in the past. The prior 12 cycles that saw stocks recover from a drop of at least 20% took an average […]
$JPM $SPY Over the weekend, strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) concluded that most risk assets including stocks and credit have marked their low points in this Virus War frame that has gripped economies around the world. Conditions that JPMorgan had set for market stabilization and revival have largely been met, with recession-like pricing, […]
Governments around the world have to deal with this health crisis and manage the economic side effects. Some are doing it better than others, but this is not nearly over. Now is is clear the US government will spend several trillion dollars in direct healthcare costs, business aid and payments to American workers. The federal budget was […]
The United States could pump $800-B or more into the economy to minimize damage from the coronavirus outbreak if Congress passes a payroll tax holiday through year end, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Monday. “We have an enormous fiscal plan. It’s at least $800 billion and maybe more,” Mr. Kudlow told reporters, totaling up actions already taken […]
The US is Winning Currency War to Weaken Dollar $DXY, $USD, $EUR, $GBP, $CHF, $JPY, $CNY The US is winning a “cold currency war” as it seeks to weaken the USD The Buck’s nearly 12% dive since the start of Y 2017 is being fueled by fiscal and monetary policies as well as rhetoric intended […]
