by pentoport | Feb 25, 2019 | Commentary
February 25, 2019 The New York Federal Reserve recently sent out an early Valentine’s Day present to a certain group of individuals. However, this gift wasn’t to overleveraged American consumers; but rather to those who are employed repossessing one of those goodies...
by pentoport | Feb 20, 2019 | Commentary
February 19, 2019 Wall Street’s absolute obsession with the soon to be announced most wonderful trade deal with China is mind-boggling. The cheerleaders that haunt mainstream financial media don’t even care what kind of deal gets done. They don’t care if it hurts the...
by pentoport | Feb 11, 2019 | Commentary
February 11, 2019 Jerome Powell threw Wall Street a lifeline recently when he decided to temporarily take a pause with the Fed’s rate hiking campaign. The Fed Head also indicated that the process of credit destruction, known as Quantitative Tightening, may soon be...
by pentoport | Jan 14, 2019 | Commentary
January 14, 2019 It is crucial for investors to understand that the Federal Reserve has not yet turned dovish and the Fed “Put” it not yet in place. Wall Street sometimes hears what it desperately needs, but that does not make it fact. While Jerome Powell has moved...
by pentoport | Jan 7, 2019 | Commentary
January 7, 2019 Bond Yields Continue to Fall in First Half of Year The epoch bond bubble continues to build and become a dagger over the worldwide economy and markets. Wall Street Shills are fond of claiming that global bond yields remain at historically low levels...
by pentoport | Dec 21, 2018 | Commentary
It’s been a wild ride on Wall Street lately. Major averages had hit their highs in late September. But if this sell-off continues, it will be Wall Street’s worst year since the financial crisis and the worst December since the Great Depression! This should have been...
by pentoport | Dec 17, 2018 | Commentary
The perfect storm of zero percent interest rates that existed concurrently with a debt-disabled economy lured executives at major corporations into a decade-long stock buyback program. The Fed pumped money into the economy thru its various Quantitative Easing programs...
by pentoport | Dec 10, 2018 | Commentary
December 10, 2018 First, let’s explain exactly what a “Fed Put” is. A Fed put is defined as The confidence of Wall Street that the Fed will lower interest rates and print money to support the market until economic strength will be strong enough to carry stocks higher....
by pentoport | Dec 3, 2018 | Commentary
December 3, 2018 The Main Stream Financial Media would love to have investors believe that the recent problems in the global equity market are all about a trade war with China. Therefore, everything can be made right just because Trump shook hands with Xi Jinping at...
by pentoport | Nov 27, 2018 | Commentary
November 19, 2018 President Trump’s plan to stimulate the economy, known as The Tax Cut and Jobs Act, was signed into law at the end of 2017. It ushered in a massive and permanent tax cut for corporations, along with a temporary reduction in rates for individuals....
