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I have little confidence history will get this right. Today’s overwhelming consensus view holds that Powell this week committed a major policy blunder. After his early-October “we’re a long way from neutral” “rookie mistake”, he has followed with a rate increase right in the throes of a stock market sell-off, Credit market instability and mounting […]

[Reuters] Global growth worries, U.S. government shutdown threat hit stocks [Reuters] Corporate bond issuance shrinks to 7-year low as selloff deepens [AP] US economy grew at 3.4% rate in the third quarter [AP] US durable goods orders rose 0.8% in November, led by defense spending [BloombergQ] Powell Discovers Juggling Three Fed Communication Tools Is Hard […]

The FED has decided to raise interest rates and the equities markets continue to fall as they struggle to find footing. We’ll cover the reactions of the precious metals markets such as gold, silver, platinum, & palladium, had to the rate hike alongside looking at the US Dollar Index, Oil, & more. Thanks for watching […]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Steady After Fed; Oil Tumbles: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Gold jumps 1 pct as dollar slides, stocks tumble after Fed [Reuters] World stocks suffer as Fed heightens recession fears [Reuters] Oil slumps 4% to lowest in a year as stock markets sink [Reuters] After Fed selloff, is a U.S. bear market next? [CNBC] Powell […]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Rise Before Fed Decision; Treasuries Steady: Markets Wrap [BloombergQ] Fed Seen Making Dovish Hike With 2019 Pause: Decision Day Guide [Reuters] Fed expected to raise rates, may signal fewer hikes ahead [CNBC] Italy reaches budget breakthrough after the EU initially rejected its 2019 spending plans [Reuters] Japan exports slow to crawl on global […]

This week and next we answer your questions that were submitted over the last few weeks regarding investing, the market movements through 2018, and what is ahead for the markets in 2019. Thanks to our listeners and subscribers for a great 2018! The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick YOUR […]

[Reuters] Growth fears grip world markets ahead of Fed meeting [Reuters] U.S. housing starts rebound; single-family segment weak [Reuters] Trump pressures Fed before meeting, warns against ‘another mistake’ [CNBC] Xi calls for China to ‘stay the course’: No one is in a position to dictate reform to us [BloombergQ] China’s U.S. Treasuries Holdings Tumble to […]

[BloombergQ] Stocks Decline With Dollar at Start of Fed Week: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil rallies but oversupply, economic growth weigh [Reuters] China trade steps seen as good start but leave core U.S. demands untouched [Reuters] U.S. banks quietly pull back from riskiest loans amid recession fears [Reuters] China says U.S. has brought back ‘the ghost […]