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Aggressive central bank purchases of government bonds in the US, Europe, Japan and the UK allow governments to issue more debt and suppress the cost of that debt, which has a very powerful effect. Perhaps the new adage should be, "Don't fight the Fed and the Treasury." China is sh...
A few days ago the Census Bureau released its calculation of Median Household Income for 2019. This measure of prosperity increased at a historically significant rate. Biden's agenda is anti-growth and anti-business, in the belief that addressing income inequality, social justice, and...
Federal Reserve policy remains a bullish backstop for stocks. Economy struggling to sustain momentum of initial recovery. Stocks fairly valued relative to bonds but far from cheap on absolute basis. For further details see: Mixed Macro Messages Provide Unclear Path For S...
In U.S. high yield bonds we find the riskiest of credits. I have some concerns about municipal bonds and am particularly concerned about municipal pension bonds. Our 'Borrower's Paradise' is also good news for many leveraged ETFs and closed-end funds. For further details see...
America is being presented with two very stark choices for the country's future and the markets, the closer we get to the election, may become very volatile and quite unruly. In normal times, there would be a push out of equities and into bonds as the "safe haven" play. However, w...
The Federal Reserve Wednesday announced that it would keep interest rates near zero for "some time" until the economy generates full employment and inflation is "moderately" above the central bank's 2% target. Judging by the new economic projections released by the Fed, rates will remain o...
With the Federal Funds rate hovering at zero percent and a more than $4 trillion response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, what’s next for Federal Reserve? In a groundbreaking speech, Fed chair Jerome Powell gave us a hint, and what he said will have wide repercussions for monetary poli...
$142 Trillion, that’s global GDP in 2019 in international dollars (you know, that hypothetical currency with a comparable purchasing power parity to the USD), when all was well, or at least better. For 2020, the IMF forecasts that global GDP will fall by 4.9%. That magnitude of decline ...
George Selgin is the director of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and is a returning guest to Macro Musings. He joins again to talk about his views on the Fed's new framework and his recent book titled, *The Menace of Fiscal QE.* Specifically, David and Geor...
The Powell press conference came and went, discussing the Fed's new approach to inflation targeting. My view is that not much has changed, and we just face largely pointless debates about messaging - which are predicated upon the questionable assumption that expectation management can fine-tun...
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Grass Valley, California--(Newsfile Corp. - September 29, 2023) - Rise Gold Corp. (CSE: RISE) (OTCQX: RYES) (the "Company") reports that Nevada County (the "County") has announced that its Board of Supervisors will hold its public hearing on the Company's Vested Rights Petition (the "Petition")...
Grass Valley, California--(Newsfile Corp. - September 26, 2023) - Rise Gold Corp. (CSE: RISE) (OTCQX: RYES) (the " Company ") announces that it intends to raise up to US$500,000 through the issuance of up to 2,500,000 units (each a " Unit ") at a price of US$0.20 per Unit (~CDN$0.26928 per Unit),...
Grass Valley, California--(Newsfile Corp. - September 25, 2023) - Rise Gold Corp. (CSE: RISE) (OTCQX: RYES) (the "Company" or "Rise Gold") is pleased to report that Mr. Joseph Mullin has been appointed as President and CEO of Rise Gold and President of the Company's wholly owned operating subsidi...