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Fed Interference Makes Markets Hard To Predict

The Fed has implemented backdoor quantitative easing through bank bailouts and subsidies in the overnight repo market, distorting the stock market. Promised rate cuts by the Fed may not materialize due to the record amount of Treasuries being sold and rising interest rates. The Biden administration has also distorted the energy landscape by selling off half of the US oil reserves.

Looking Back At Equity Factors In Q1 2024 With WisdomTree

Home Investing Strategy Portfolio Strategy Looking Back At Equity Factors In Q1 2024 With WisdomTree. This year started on a strong note, with global equity markets gaining 8.9%. The only weakness remains in Asia, leading to emerging markets returning only 2.4%.

Rate Cut Forecast Now Seen For September At Earliest

Rate Cut Forecast Now Seen For September At Earliest Apr. 19, 2024. September is now seen as the earliest date for policy easing. Fed funds futures on April 18 are estimating a roughly 71% probability that the Federal Reserve will reduce its current 5.25-5.50% target rate at the Sep. 18 meeting.

Turbulence Signaled By S&P 500 Dividend Futures Arrives

Home Market Outlook Today's Market Turbulence Signaled By S&P 500 Dividend Futures Arrives Apr. 19, 2024. The S&p 500 has dropped nearly four percent from the record high level it reached at the end of March 2024. Four weeks ago, CME Group's FedWatch Tool indicated investors expected a quarter of a rate cut.

Belated March CPI Analysis

March CPI release convinced the Fed and the market that inflation has stalled. Boy Wirat says he thinks the great inflation bubble that started three years ago has long since popped. He says the main reason inflation is still high is because of the way shelter costs are calculated. Boy says housing price inflation has dropped significantly from its peak.

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Teen Employment Numbers Improve In March 2024

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, teen employment surged in March 2024. The number of teens Age 16 to 19 counted as employed jumped by 224,000 to reach 5,832,000. Number of Americans Age 18 and 19 with jobs rose 161,000 from the previous month to 3,756,000, the highest since April 2008.

The Stock Market Sell-Off May Have Only Just Begun

The S&P 500 has pulled back 4% from recent highs, but it's not due to geopolitical tension. Rates, the dollar, yen, and oil are not reflecting typical flight to safety characteristics. Markets are correcting for their massive blunder. Financial conditions are tightening, and the market is correcting its errors.