Their price movements are uncorrelated to the movements
of other asset prices, such as shares and property.
If the prevailing patterns of capital flows were to exert downward pressure on interest rates and upward pressure
on other asset prices, they would contribute to more expansionary financial conditions than would otherwise be the case.
Indeed, Powell, in his January address to the American Finance Association, argued that, with regard to the impact of «highly accommodative monetary policies,... studies generally show that they lowered rates across the curve and
moved other asset prices as well.»
According to the update, while bitcoin was uncorrelated to
other asset prices at year - end 2017 during the rally, ever since the bubble has begun to «deflate» in the new year it's more closely correlated with other risk assets such as stocks.
Asset purchases and Fed guidance put downward pressure on long - term interest rates in the United States and upward pressure on equity and
other asset prices.
14 In the real world, there are a host of other reasons for exchange rates and
other asset prices to overreact, including «animal spirits» and excessive exuberance.
The Q ratio serves as one measure of the financial bubble, as it compares the market value of the stock market (or real estate market, or
other asset prices) to their book value or replacement - cost value.
One potential warning flag: stock and
other asset prices that remain elevated even after last week's selloff.