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The Latest Breaking News from Fed Funds

The U.S. Federal Reserve conducts monetary policy using the short-term Fed Funds Rate as its most effective tool. Meanwhile, longer-term interest rates are a function of supply and demand and market sentiment.

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3 Big Reasons Covered Calls Make Sense Now

The combination of high implied volatility along with near record stock prices and stock valuations sets up ideally for selling calls against your stock.

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Yen Carry Trade is Yesterday's News, Seasonal Play is Next Opportunity

Recent concerns about the unwinding of yen carry trades and its potential impact on financial markets have proven less disruptive than anticipated. Despite other countries raising interest rates to combat post-pandemic inflation, Japan has kept borrowing costs low to address its long-term economic stagnation. Although the Bank of Japan (BoJ)…

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Mortgage rates tumble on bond market rally

The housing market needs help. It got some last week and more is on the way.

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3 Reasons Why AI May Mean Artificially Inflated For Microsoft (MSFT)

Microsoft (MSFT) continues to make new highs. The real question is it too high to keep flying. Caution may be warranted in MSFT.

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Seasonal Downtrend in Interest Rates Gains Momentum

Another Federal Reserve Board meeting has left the Fed Funds rate unchanged at 5.25 to 5.50%. Due to the stickiness of inflation being higher than their 2% target, they have reduced the chances of rate cuts to only once this year instead of the original 3-4 times. The 10-year Treasury…

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Bonds Are Terrible — Why You Should Buy Them Now

Bonds haven't been acting like bonds for years. Blame the Federal Reserve for pushing rates up to a 23-year high to combat inflation.

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FOMC, CPI and Other Can't Miss Items This Week

This week we have several news releases and other headlines to watch out for with the biggest potential mover being the FOMC release on Wednesday.

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FOMC, CPR and Other Can't Miss Items This Week

This week we have several news releases and other headlines to watch out for with the biggest potential mover being the FOMC release on Wednesday.

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PMI's, Job Data and Other Key Things to Watch This Week

This week coming up is a week full of potentially market-moving news. There is Monday PMI data, Jobs data, and Non-Farm payrolls.

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All We Are Saying Is Give Puts A Chance

Lower IV and higher rates make a put purchases more attractive on a richly valued S&P 500.

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Gold Shines, Bitcoin, Stocks Search For Direction Amid Volatility On Wall Street—What Is Next?

One catalyst behind Wall Street's heighten volatility during the week was higher oil prices, growing Middle East tensions, and more robust economic data from China early in the week.

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Fed Funds, PMI and Other Can't Miss Items This Week

We had some wild trading last week with both CPI and PPI coming in hotter than expected. CPI came in slightly elevated, and the market rallied after some initial selling.

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The Fed, Earnings and Other Can't Miss Items This Week

Earnings last week proved to be exciting with many companies posting better-than-expected results and their stocks reacting the next session.

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Carnage in the Bond Market- How Low Can the Long Bond Futures Fall?

The Fed Funds Rate’s rise from zero percent in March 2022 to 5.375% in October 2023 and quantitative tightening to reduce the central bank’s swollen balance sheet have put upward pressure on interest rates, causing bonds to fall. In early October, the U.S. long bond futures fell to the lowest…

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Two economists from different camps see peril in Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on inflation and interest rates from Jackson Hole

The Fed chair’s “long way to go” concept is wrongheaded, because at the current clip, inflation is already running near the Fed’s target, say two top economists.

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Why is the stock market reeling? The Fed is now risking an unnecessary crash landing, according to a noted economist

"I would have expected that the Fed's language around rate hikes would have softened as we got closer to the its goal, but that hasn't happened," says economist Will Luther.

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Fed Resumes Rate Hikes, Takes Fed Funds Rate to 22-Year High

The Fed delivered its 11th rate hike in 16 months, taking the Fed Funds rate to the highest level since the tech bubble of 2001.

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Stocks Slip Lower, Markets Fighting Fed, ECB Rate Decision, Adobe Earnings On Deck, Kroger Merger Progress - 5 Things To Know

Stock futures edge lower following Fed pause, China data; Markets still fighting Fed as Powell says July meeting 'live'; ECB rate decision up next amid recession slip, inflation spike; Adobe earnings will focus on AI potential for cloud software group and Kroger earnings on deck with Albertsons merger progress expected.

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Fed Preview: 'Hawkish Pause' on Rate Hikes Seen as Inflation Fight Continues

"A decision to hold our policy rate constant at a coming meeting should not be interpreted to mean that we have reached the peak rate for this cycle," Fed vice chair nominee Philip Jefferson cautioned late last month.

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3 Big Changes Since The S&P 500 Was Trading This High

Higher interest rates and more expensive stock valuations combined with the cheapest implied volatility prices in years sets up ideally for a couple option strategies in SPY.

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Fed Minutes Show Powell Wants To Keep Rate Hike Options Open, But Path Remains Uncertain

"Many participants focused on the need to retain optionality after this meeting (while) several participants noted further policy firming after this meeting may not be necessary", the Fed minutes indicated.

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Bank Crisis May Limit Need For New Rate Hikes

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said fallout from the US banking crisis could mean rates might not have to rise as high as they normally would given the level of inflation.

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Stocks Nudge Higher, Powell In Focus, Deere Earnings, Microsoft-Twitter Spat, Regional Banks Rally - 5 Things To Know

S&P 500 rally continues as global stocks catch U.S. Tailwind; Fed Chair Powell speaks in Washington as rate hike bets jump; Deere earnings on deck with industrial demand outlook in focus; Twitter says Microsoft misusing data as AI race heats up and U.S. banks trim Fed borrowing as regionals extend…

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Earnings, Bank Woes and Other Key Themes to Watch This Week

This week we have more excitement on deck with earnings, we also have the beginning of the month on Monday and plenty of potentially market-moving news the rest of the week. Sprinkle in the Fed Funds rate on Wednesday and it's possible we will have a really tradable week on…

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