Sentences with phrase «feed the stock market»

From a policy standpoint, the research brief's authors believe slowly raising interest rates could continue to feed the stock market's exuberance.

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Bond prices were higher, stocks waffled and the dollar flip - flopped after the Fed's post-meeting statement failed to deliver the clarity markets were looking for on the course of rate hikes.

HONG KONG — World stock markets were mixed on Thursday as investors analyzed the Fed's decision to keep interest rates unchanged and kept an eye out for developments from China - U.S. trade talks in Beijing.

There is little if any downside, especially when directors can ride a stock market or Fed driven increase in overall share prices.

In an interview with Business Insider, Pinto said the Fed's actions and the resulting impact on markets could send stocks plunging 30 % to 40 % in the next couple of years.

But if someone like [Fed governor Jerome] Powell gets in, with policies similar to [current Fed chair Janet] Yellen's, that would appease the stock market and create a better environment for them going forward.

On the other hand, if the Fed decides to delay raising rates, as the stock market is clearly hoping for, then it will give U.S. investors a chance to assess China's moves to solve its economic problems over the next few months, and respond accordingly later on.

If the Fed is indeed putting off raising short - term interest rates — perhaps because of an economic slowdown overseas, economic turmoil in Russia, or because of lower oil prices — then that's potentially good news for the stock market.

Markets set a positive stage for the Fed's potentially historic turn as U.S. stock futures rose ahead of the market open on Wednesday and bond markets and the dollar were Markets set a positive stage for the Fed's potentially historic turn as U.S. stock futures rose ahead of the market open on Wednesday and bond markets and the dollar were markets and the dollar were steady.

But here's the problem: Stock market investors may have misinterpreted the Fed.

By offering clearer guidance on the direction of interest rates, the Fed could help to stabilize the volatile stock market.

That does have the benefit of propping up the U.S. stock market in the near future and enabling the Fed to navigate a soft landing for the U.S. taking into account rapidly changing global conditions.

When asked whether the recent correction in the stock market might change the Fed's path to normalization, William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, said the fall was «small potatoes.»

«They're all fed up with the volatility of the stock market.

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An existential crisis in social media stocks, confusion over how to discount a trade war and conflicting interpretations of the Fed's latest move are weighing on the market.

But a change atop the U.S. central bank still adds to the uncertainty in the market, and the pullback could test whether Powell's leadership will provide a «put» that supports stock prices as had been the expectation for investors under past Fed chairs.

«When the stock market goes up like it has, it makes people feel better, which feeds demand for little luxuries like dining out,» says Plunkett.

Rosenberg said the latest run - up in stocks may be due to a market that believes the new Fed, with Powell at the helm, won't be in a hurry to raise rates.

The recent sell - off in the stock markets is a «healthy» correction from high valuations, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said in Frankfurt on Wednesday.

«If the Fed loses credibility,» the Argonaut Capital Management president warned in a «Squawk Box» interview, «you'd be in for a good correction on the stock market.

Say the Fed hikes interest rates, or the stock market plummets.

In some other past calls, Tepper told «Squawk Box» In May 2013 that the Fed had to taper its bond - buying to keep the stock market advance on an even keel.

What happens to the stock market when the Fed raises interest rates?

The Play: After a private meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary John Paulson on the impending financial crisis on September 16, 2008, Bachus — then the Ranking Member on the House Financial Services Committee — bet against the stock market, netting himself tens of thousands of dollars.

Cramer also says that the stock market isn't driven by earnings or the Fed, but by another key factor.

At a time when Fed Chair Alan Greenspan was being held as the leader of a «committee to save the world «-- as the famous Time magazine cover read — she advised him to raise interest rates and keep an eye on the booming stock market.

The Fed is set to raise interest rates — a move that may undermine the rising stock market.

Perhaps the market could even live with somewhat slower growth if it weren't for two other inconvenient facts: The Federal Reserve (Fed) is unlikely to bail out stocks anywhere close to current levels and stocks are expensive.

The market was spooked last month when potential signs of inflation strengthened, raising speculation that the Fed may speed up its timetable and knocking stock prices down by 10 per cent around the world.

«The current bull market is not going to end simply because «stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming from: (i) deflationary pressures of the 40 % year - over-year oil decline, deceleration in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall in 5 - year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital stock is again showing signs of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.

SARA EISEN: You're one of the few people that admits that the Fed was trying to engineer a stock market rally.

Right now with earnings growth very strong and the bond market already reflecting a fair amount of Fed tightening (pricing in 5 rate hikes over the coming 2 years), my sense is that the stock market is in OK shape to withstand some tightening of financial conditions and not unravel in the process.

One reason stocks continue to head higher may be the market's faith in a Fed «put,» or the expectation that any significant correction in the stock market will cause the Fed to delay rate hikes and balance - sheet contraction.

Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as investors analyzed the Fed's decision to stand pat on interest rates.

STEVE LIESMAN, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT: The latest CNBC Fed survey finds expectations for interest rates and inflation both rising, while the outlook for the stock market has been reduced yet again.

As long as the market expects the Fed to cut, the pressure on the stock market will be mitigated by an outlook for some relief from present interest rate policy.

In recent weeks, stocks have swung between ups and downs, as investors have attempted to digest the latest news out of Greece, the recent bear market in China and the growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will hold off on raising rates until after its September meeting.

The tax cuts should help although the Fed is counteracting that growth with a questionable raising of interest rates which seems to have sparked the sudden stock market volatility.

Former Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said, «Unlike previous financial crises, the 1987 stock market decline was not associated with a deposit run or any other problem in the banking sector» (Kohn 2006).

The question before the house: Will the Fed continue to raise interest rates if the stock market continues to slide?

What we have really seen over the past several years, in terms of the appreciation of markets and the decline of interest rates based on what the Fed has been doing, is a result which has eliminated the possibility of investors in bonds and stocks to earn an adequate return relative to their expected liabilities.

Last cycle, the stock market didn't peak until 16 months after the Fed finished raising rates.

I suspect the Yellen Fed (correctly) has a much higher tolerance for stock market losses than Bernanke, and that interventions in the case of market losses and economic weakness will take a different form than quantitative easing.

Finally, the Fed's easy - money policies have pushed investors into the stock market because bond yields are so low.

As I discussed earlier this year, in the Market Perspectives paper No Exit: Can the Fed Normalize Rates - And How Will It Impact Stocks?

Given at least some evidence of softening in the job market in tandem with slower core price growth, a data - driven Fed should pause and take stock of where we are.

According to Bespoke, the stock market has had a mostly quiet reaction to the Fed minutes after the 13 releases since the beginning of 2014.

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I'm sure they have had to go to the stock market to get the needed returns for payouts since the FED has decided savers are useless.