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by | March 20, 2014 · 1:51 pm

FED raise rates

Silver dropped -2,60%, while gold is down -1,01% after the news from Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Oil and Copper is also down today. Janpan`s Nikkei 225 is down -1,65% to 14,224 points. Hang Seng is also down together with the rest of Asia.

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(Picture: Fed Chair Janet Yellen)

The U.S indices traded down yesterday too and Europe is also in a red territory. Most investors don`t know what to do right now. It seems to be a red opening in the U.S later today. This is all reactions on the FOMC meeting yesterday.

The Fed will probably end its massive bond-buying program this fall and probably start raising interest rates around 6 months later. This comment sent stocks and bonds tumbling. We will see a more aggressive path toward higher interest rates than anticipated she said yesterday.

The Federal Reserve has held the interest rate near zero since late 2008. They have pumped trillions into the markets with its bond purchases. All this because they tried to foster a stronger recovery. Despite the QE program, the growth has been very slow.

The change in its rate hike guidance did not mark a shift in its intentions and they will wait a «considerable time» after shuttering its asset purchase program before pushing borrowing costs higher. «Considerable time» means about 6 months.

But, as Janet Yellen said: «It depends – what the statement is saying is it depends what conditions are like».

Most people don`t know it, but the best period of economic growth in all U.S history was without a central bank. Do U.S really need Federal Reserve? They created the markets crash in 1929, and so far the FED has been a disastrous.

The FED started about 100 years ago, and since then the dollar has lost more than 96% of its value. The size of the U.S national debt is more than 5000 times larger. The Fed`s «debt-based» financial system has trapped the U.S, and are on the verge of the greatest financial crises in history.

Congress could have shut down the FED long time ago. I HATE DEBT!

Reports today:

08:30 AM ET Unemployment Claims
10:00 AM ET Existing Home Sales
10:00 AM ET Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
10:00 AM ET CB Leading Index m/m
04:00 PM ET Bank Stress Test Results

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by | March 19, 2014 · 1:09 pm

FOMC Press Conference

Asian stocks fell today as investors are waiting for the Federal Reserve`s policy statement. The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will end a two-day policy meeting today, after data yesterday indicated the U.S home-building industry is stabilizing.

Investors are still very cautious and The Fed will probably water down their forward guidance and keep U.S interest rate low for at least another 18 months. The FOMC will further scale back its bond-buying at the meeting.

They will probably reduce purchases for the third time by $10 billion to a $55 billion monthly rate. Gold had the longest slump since mid December 2013. What is going on with the precious metal? Are the first stage in the gold bull over?

Gold has declined before the meeting and are now trading at $ 1345,10. Nobody knows what Janet Yellen will say today, but it is expected that the gold will bottom out today before the meeting and then go up again.

Traders will probably sell on rumors of Fed tapering and will cover shorts and buy after the announcement. Gold broke out of its first stage, and now have a sharp pullback to previous resistance. Gold is volatile so it is expected.

Now, it will be interesting to follow the bond market. It seems like it is on the way to break out to the upside. If TLT ETF who tracks the value of the 20-year treasury bond breaks out, the rates will drop. So, how will that be if the Fed buy fewer bonds?

Right after the Fed meeting, I will follow the gold price, stock market, bond market and the interest rate. Janet Yellen can move the market, but it depends on what the news is? I look forward to the FOMC meeting today.

Reports today:

02:00 AM ET FOMC Economic Projections
002:00 AM ET FOMC Statement
02:00 AM ET Federal Funds Rate
02:30 AM ET FOMC Press Conference

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by | January 29, 2014 · 2:00 pm

FOMC statement at 2:00pm

Today I will sit in front of my laptop (not TV), and watch

FOMC statement at 2:00pm.

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by | January 8, 2014 · 11:48 am

Health-care bull

The stock indices are up and the fear goes down. Vix is down 4,7%, trading at 12,92. People are bullish and now it is time for the companies to deliver. The sentiment is still very high, so it will be interesting to see the companies economical numbers and their earnings growth.

2013 was an extremely good year in the stock market, but I don`t think 2014 is going to be the same. We did not see a big correction last year. It all went up. But this year will probably be different. It is headed for some corrections and this year will be more volatile than last year.

Three rounds of QE have helped the indices to increase and reach a new all time high. The S&P 500 is up 173% from its twelve-year low in 2009. Janet Yellen will replace Ben Bernanke as a FED chairman on Jan 31. Janet Yellen won Senate confirmation (56-26 votes) to become the 15th chairman of the FED.

The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index is up 1,4%. Health-care shares in the S&P 500 is up 0,3% in 2014, and this is the most among the ten main industries. Investors are waiting for the Fed minutes today, and news about the job report on friday. This is important news that can drive the market.

Today, we will know what outgoing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke really want to do with the gradual tapering of $10 billion a month. Today`s minutes will tell us that this was a narrower view to some few FOMC members or not.

Follow the oil price now. This is a risky bet. The oil price can plunge and Opec can face huge problems. If this is the scenario, I think it will be very good news for the U.S consumers. Who want cheaper gasoline?

Middle East is the key and U.S Secretary of State John Kerry are working with difficult cases like Shia-dominated government in Baghdad, the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), Al Qaeda’s fast-growing franchise operating in Syria, Sunni groups marginalized by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s authoritarian policies, Egypt, Tunisia and energy producers like Nigeria, Venezuela and Russia.

I mention this because it all affects the oil price, and what`s happend in this areas can change the game very fast. This is a big risk in 2014. So, the happenings can drive the oil prices up or down. It depends on whats happening?

The unemployment data from EU yesterday was disappointing. In Italy the unemployment rate is at the all-time high of 12,6% (for November), and for the broader EU unemployment, the rate is now at 12,1%. Just below its record 12,2%. The unemployment rate is U.S is just above 7%.

It looked like we had a game changer in November – December last year, but take a look at the chart below. CRB have turned around and are still declining. It is below 50 MA and I will wait for this to turn up again.

New today: ADP Non-Farm Employment Change at 8:15am, Crude Oil Inventories at 10:30am, 10 Year Note Auction at 1:01pm, FOMC Meeting Minutes at 2:00pm.

CRB 07012014

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by | December 18, 2013 · 1:08 pm

Outrageous predictions for 2014

It is difficult to be in the market under circumstances we have now. We are at the top in many indices, and many of the great blue chips have gone too far. Netflix, Amazon, Yelp, Twitter and Pandora media (better called “the fat five), are all bubbles waiting to plunge about 50%.

The average stocks in the U.S is not expensive, but they are not cheap either. It is better to look at the European and the emerging markets. Gold is still declining but it seems to bottoming out soon, ready to take off again. Gold dropped -1.13% yesterday ahead of tomorrow’s Fed Statement and Press Conference. So, what are we suppose to do next year?

Every year, Saxo Bank are publishing a list with some forecasts and predictions about the markets next year, and those predictions can have huge impact of the global markets.

This time they have predicted scenarios from a return to a “Soviet-style economy” in the EU (?) and a huge recession in Germany. They also predict a failure of the QE program in the U.S. Wow!

These ten predictions are not the official forecast of the bank for 2014, chief economist Steen Jakobsen said, and they are not ment to be “pessimistic”.

2014 should be the year in which a mandate for change not only becomes necessary, but is also implemented, he said. History tells us that changes have always come as a result of the thorough failure of the old way of doing things.

What will happen to the U.S and German economy next year? Will they reach “escape velocity” next year, or will they slow to zero growth? What about the European Parliament? Will the upcoming elections herald a new anti-EU coalition?

Those predictions are made to remind us that “a wake-up call is necessary as the alternatives would leave us with a dire outlook, Jakobsen said.

The ten ‘outrageous predictions’ are listed below.

1. EU creates a new wealth tax on savings above €100,000 in a return to a ‘Soviet-style economy’.

2. The European Parliament elections see the creation of a strong anti-EU alliance, to include the UK Independence Party.

3. The bubble bursts in the five US technology giants that have been trading at a huge premium to market valuations this year – Amazon, Netflix, Twitter, Pandora Media, Yelp.

4. The yen falls below Ұ80 per dollar, as investors pile back into the currency, forcing the Bank of Japan to delete its government debt in order to escape deflation.

5. The US recovery slows down, bringing deflation worries back to the fore.

6. Far from tapering, the Federal Reserve increases QE to $100bn per month and focuses on mortgage bond purchases to support a flagging housing market.

7. The price of Brent crude falls to $80 per barrel, as producers fail to slow down production.

8. Germany enters an unexpected recession as economic activity slows.

9. The French CAC 40 index drops 40% as local politics takes a turn for the worse.

10. The currencies of the ‘Fragile Five’ countries – Brazil, India, South Africa, Indonesia and Turkey – fall 25% against the US dollar.

Take a good look at all the markets today. The Fed`s two day meeting with the FOMC statement release ends today at 2pm ET. If they start to taper or not, I think it will be very sensitive to all the markets.

I don`t listen to what the FOMC members say before those meetings. I do only listen to one person, and that is the Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. He is the man. Is he going to taper? I don`t think so, but let`s wait and see later on today….

News today: Building Permits & Housing Starts at 8:30am, Crude Oil Inventories at 10:30am, Fed Statement at 2:00pm, FOMC Press Conference at 2:30pm.

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