Extreme Monetary Policy Just Got More Extreme Indeed, the only thing hawkish you can point to from the entire Fed announcement is Fed Chair Powell’s claim that the Fed hasn’t discussed “equity buying” (buying stocks outright). However, even this is a bluff. By law, the Fed isn’t permitted to buy municipal bonds, corporate bonds, or any of the other items it is buying via its QE programs. So it signed a contract with financial firm BlackRock to perform the Fed’s current QE programs. And this explicitly states that the Fed is giving BlackRock authority to buy stocks. See for yourself: Subject to this Agreement, including the Investment Guidelines (as defined in Section 5.1), the Manager is hereby appointed as the FRBNY’s agent in fact, and it shall have full power and authority to act on behalf of the Account with respect to the purchase, sale, exchange, conversion, or other transactions in any and all stocks, bonds, other securities, or cash held for investment subject to the Agreement. Source: New York Fed Let me ask you… Why would the Fed authorize BlackRock to buy stocks if it wasn’t planning on eventually doing this? The Fed could have easily said it was authorizing BlackRock to ONLY buy ETFs, bonds, and the other investments that it is currently purchasing via the nine credit facilities it set up with the US Treasury in late March. So why include stocks… an asset class the Fed has yet to approve for ANY purchases WHAT-SO-EVER?! Because the Fed will be buying stocks at some point, most likely whenever the markets begin to break down again. Preparing to Profit… Bottom line: The Fed is backstopping EVERYTHING and will do so at a pace of $125 billion per month from now on. And if things worsen, the Fed will increase its purchases and eventually start buying stocks outright. With that in mind, the No. 1 trading strategy going forward is to get ahead of the Fed. And we've developed a proprietary options system that does precisely this. More details coming soon… Best Regards, Graham Summers Editor, Money & Crisis |
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