The Fed Moves To Preserve Liquidity, But Investors Should Remain Cautious

The Federal Reserve announced a reduction in the quantitative tightening program, selling fewer US Treasuries and potentially leading to lower interest rates. Market reaction to the changes in quantitative tightening was muted. Investors should monitor metrics such as money supply, overnight reverse repo activity, and liquidity to ensure inflation does not reignite.

SPUU Erosion Is Advancing: May Drift Dashboard

Leveraged ETFs in semiconductors, biotechnology and silver show the largest drifts. The Direxion Daily S&P 500® Bull 2X Shares ETF has suffered from decay recently. Beta-slippage is the main reason why leveragedETFs underperform their underlying index.

Amazon ETFs Cheer Tech Giant's Strong Earnings

Less And Less Bang For The Buck

Federal debt levels continue to increase at an alarming rate. The nation's GDP to debt level is now the highest in U.S. History. Increased government spending is garnering less and less return in the form of economic growth and tax receipts. Slower economic growth combined with higher inflation is triggering talk of Stagflation.

Fed Holds Rates Steady, Powell Doesn't See The 'Stag' Or The 'Flation'

Federal Reserve leaves rates unchanged as inflation progress stalls, pushing rate cuts expectations further out. Fed Chair Powell adopts a more dovish tone, mentioning stalled inflation progress. Powell dismissed the possibility of a rate hike and emphasized the strength of the economy. The QQQ is a buy.

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Markets are Mixed After FOMC

Stocks Fluctuate After FOMC Decision

Powell Keeps Hawks At Bay, Says Interest Rate Hike 'Unlikely': Stocks, Gold Rally, While Treasury Yields, Dollar Tumble

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says inflation will move back down over the year. Powell expects inflation to be lower than the latest readings. Powell says rate cuts can wait until the Fed has greater confidence in disinflation. Stocks and gold rallied after Powell's remarks. The Fed's policy remains appropriate, Powell says.

US Stocks Mixed Ahead Of Fed Meeting, Chipmakers Tumble After AMD Earnings, Bitcoin Sinks: What's Driving Markets Wednesday?

The S&P 500 inched 0.2% lower in Wednesday's session. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 underperformed, down 0.6%. The ADP National Employment Report revealed a stronger-than-expected private jobs addition in April. Investors are awaiting the Federal Reserve’s statement on interest rates.

Stagflation? Sticky Inflation? 7 Reasons For Investors To Be Positive

10yr/Mortgage Ratio Implies Market Rise Coming

National 'Debt' Issue Needs More And More Attention

Kenneth Rogoff warns against "magical debt thinking" and calls for developed countries to rebuild fiscal buffers and ensure debt sustainability. Too much government debt can slow down economic growth and disproportionately harm low- and middle-income citizens. The U.S. Has $34.6 trillion in government debt.

Stocks Pressured on the Prospect of Higher for Longer Interest Rates

US stock indexes Wednesday settled mixed. The S&P 500 Index closed down -0.34%. Corporate earnings results Wednesday were mixed. Fed Chair Powell said it's unlikely the next rate hike will be a hike. The Apr ADP employment change rose more than expected. The FOMC kept the fed funds target range unchanged.

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Super Micro Folly, Stock Market Direction Depends On Which Powell Shows Up – Objective Or Political

Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) has been the favorite artificial intelligence stock of the momo crowd. A fortune is to be made in AI between now and 2030. The Arora Report was the first to identify that artificial intelligence was real in 2022. SMCI stock has dropped 40.5% since the high in March. FOMC is expected to keep interest rates unchanged today.

U.S. Recession Warning Via States Economies Was A False Alarm

ProShares UltraPro QQQ Experiences Big Inflow

Market Clubhouse Morning Memo - May 1st, 2024 (Trade Strategy For SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOGL, META, And TSLA)

In today's Market Clubhouse Morning Memo, we discuss SPY, QQQ, AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, GOOGL, META, and TSLA. We will also look at the stock analysis of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

Recession Probability Falls After Hitting Double-Top

The probability the U.S. Economy will see a recession begin sometime in the next 12 months has started to fall after hitting a double-top. Recession Probability peaked at 81% in July 2023. The expected timing of rate cuts by the Fed has been slipping later and later during the past six weeks.