Dave's Daily: Fed Preparing to Tighten?
Dave's Daily
By Dave Fry, founder and publisher of
and author of the best-selling book
Create Your Own ETF Hedge Fund.
March 8, 2010
FED READIES TIGHTENING?
Monday was quiet and featureless. There was an interesting
from the Fed that investors haven't quite yet absorbed or reacted to. It's the second time in six months the Fed has discussed tightening in an oblique manner. Fed open market operations can drain liquidity from the system using "reverse repos". Like many have stated, including us, is when the punchbowl (easy money) is removed from the system, the driving force for bulls would be removed from the market.
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Markets are overbought and feel a little "heavy". The little discussed danger for bulls lies in the potential for the Fed to start removing the punchbowl by draining liquidity. This would be an open market operation on their part that is little different than other tightening tools like raising the Fed Funds rate.
Tuesday Cisco will announce a new technology that they say will alter technology. This is what American tech companies do best--innovate.
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Create Your Own ETF Hedge Fund, A DIY Strategy for Private Wealth Management
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