Assessing the Powell Pivot The US Federal Reserve took center stage this week in a highly anticipated FOMC meeting on Wednesday. There, the central bank [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Narrowing market breadth may be worrying signal for stocks [Reuters] Fed policymakers make case for rate hikes after end of [...]

The Fed doubled monthly taper to $30 billion, which, if uninterrupted, will wind down QE by the FOMC’s March 17th meeting. The S&P500 briskly popped 1.6% [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Skid on Tech as Policy Tightening Saps Mood: Markets Wrap [AP] Turkey’s lira sinks to new low, prompting bank to intervene [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Central Banks Weigh In: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Turkish lira slumps to new low after interest rate cut [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Steady as Fed Decision Looms: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls Further on Looming Surplus, China Demand Constraints [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Decline Before Central Banks Meet: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Developers Tumble on Shimao ‘Red Flag’: Evergrande [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise Before Central Banks Meet: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Turkish lira plummets to new low, dragging cenbank to the rescue [...]

[CNBC] Biden says his administration will do ‘whatever is needed’ to help states reeling from tornadoes [AP] Crews search for the missing after devastating [...]

Weekly Hard Asset Insights By David McAlvany A Santa Rally; or the Fed Who Stole Christmas? It was another eventful week in financial markets. Major market [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Investors await faster taper, inflation view at Fed meeting [Reuters] Dozens killed as tornadoes rip through Kentucky, other U.S. [...]

In such an extraordinary environment, I’ll take note of two of this week’s developments. China – in an about-face – implemented policy easing [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Rise With Inflation, Omicron in Focus: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil prices on track for biggest weekly gain since August [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Decline as Virus Concerns Resurface: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil down on Omicron restrictions and China fears [Yahoo/Bloomberg] [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Gain on Virus Hopes; Dollar Dips: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Steady as Vaccine Impact on Omicron Buoys Demand Outlook [...]