A big week in the world of monetary management: The Federal Reserve raised rates 25 bps, the ECB announced plans to wind down its historic QE program, and the [...]

This week we discuss the FED rate hike, recapping how the markets reacted, including gold, silver, the DOW, the US Dollar Index, platinum, palladium, oil, [...]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Advance, Euro Falls After ECB Rate Pledge: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Euro tumbles as ECB vows to keep rate down [Reuters] ECB to end bond [...]

[Reuters] World stocks capped by trade war concerns, central banks [Reuters] U.S. producer prices rise more than expected in May [CNBC] The Fed is hiking rates [...]

Market Creep? Mortgage rates move from 3% to almost 5% European Central Bank exercises painful political persuasion with Italy Can Bank of Japan’s unlimited [...]

[BloombergQ] Dollar Steady, Stocks Drift After Inflation Data: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Yields rise before expected Fed rate increase [Reuters] Historic [...]

[Reuters] Stocks, euro climb as calm in Italy overshadows chaotic G7 [Reuters] ‘Fair trade, fool trade’, Trump’s tweets spew ire on NATO [...]

[Reuters] Trump brings US-Canada alliance to the brink of a trade war [Reuters] China’s Xi calls out ‘selfish, short-sighted’ trade policies [...]

[Reuters] Trump to leave G7 early, missing environmental talks [BBC] G7 summit dogged by divisions between Trump and allies [Reuters] Fed, ECB to tighten [...]

The first-quarter 2018 Z.1 “flow of funds” report can be viewed in two ways. From one perspective, key conventional data are un-extraordinary. [...]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Drop, Bonds Mixed as Emerging Assets Suffer: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Trump vows to ‘straighten out’ G7 trade ahead of tense [...]

This week we discuss the movements of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium over the last few weeks in comparison with the US Dollar Index. Then special guests [...]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Edge Up as Momentum Eases; Treasuries Slip: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Euro and bond yields extend rally on ECB while risk appetite grows [...]

[BloombergQ] Trade Hopes Sustain Risk-On Mood; ECB Sinks Bonds: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Euro boosted but bonds and stocks sag after hawkish ECB comments [...]

Deutsche Was $119 a share in 2007, now only $11 Money for nothing – Italy monetizes (creates) 500 million out of nowhere Will democrats at the FED become [...]