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Beginning of the end of QE?

The FED started its two day monetary meeting yesterday, and today is the day for the big news, the most important news in a long time, and the market consensus is that the FED will begin to rein in its stimulus program. Investors expect the FED to reduce its bond purchases by $10 billion a month. From $85 billion to $75 billion a month.

This tapering is expected and the equity market may not move so much from here. Nor should the goldprices move so much, because so far in september we have seen a huge sell off in the goldprices. The tapering is largely priced in.

In my TA earlier with the headline: «where is the bottom?», I see a higher high, and a higher low. 50% retracement is at 1307. A great support. I will not be surpriced if the goldprices might rise after the FOMC meeting today.

I will pay attention to the FOMC Statement & Fed Funds Rate today at 2:00pm, and FOMC press conference at 2:30pm. Other important things to follow today: Building Permits at 8:30 and Crude Oil Inventories at 10:30.

Ben Bernanke is using the expected tapering as a way to exit his FED Chairmanchip. To reduce the QE he will argue that his money printing program has a positive impact on the market, and the size of the move is symbolic. So, this is the beginning of the end of quantitative easing?

Nope. The debt is too high. That`s why FED is printing money. They use QE to finance the federal budget deficit. The debt is so high and there is not enough buyers in this world to buy all the bonds. If the FED stopped to buy these bonds by QE, the bond market in the US would crash, and the interest rates would go straight up to heaven!

QE will never end.

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The Dance of death

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The Dance of Death

Illustrations for this article are taken from the series of paintings created by Kaspar Meglinger between 1626 and 1635 known as “The Dance of Death”. The paintings are under the roof of Lucerne’s Spreuer Bridge (completed in 1408) and bring forcibly to mind the transitory nature of life on earth.

I just wanted to show you this picture because of time we are living in right now, and when it comes to the financial market, we can see that the market today have some similarities to the market in 1987!

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The stock market

The stockmarket can be a volatile market in September and october as the Congress debates whether to authorize a military strike against Syria. Treasuries and emerging markets have been roiled by worries over what the FED is going to do later this month. The Obama administration’s wan`t to punish Syria because of their attach with chemical weapons against civilians, and a senate vote is likely to come nest week.

The SPX 500 fell in august by 3,1 percent, rebounded by 1,4 percent in the first week of september. DJI rose 0,76 percent and IXIC gained nearly 2 percent. VIX fell 7 percent for the week, its largest weekly decline since july. VIX is at the level of 15,85 now, and are now back at the average level and the so-called «fear gauge».

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