Latest Fed Rate Hike

[Taco]

No one cares about interest rate hikes and that will never change. However, the latest rate hike a few days ago by the Fed is a problem. The Fed has raised rates 3 times in the last 6 months.

The Fed is about to start WITHDRAWING liquidity from the markets. And not a little: $10 billion per month this quarter, and $20 billion per month in 4Q17.

What’s the deal here?

The Fed is “taking away the punchbowl” from the markets. Sure, stocks might hold up relatively well today or tomorrow, but the reality is that the $14 trillion market rig of the last seven years is ending

Fed Raises Interest Rates For Second Time In 2017
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurengens ... 6aa3016987

How an Inverted Yield Curve Predicts a Recession
https://www.thebalance.com/inverted-yield-curve-3305856

There is a clear trend to this yield curve chart… and it’s NOT up.





Successive interest rate hikes causes a collapsing yield curve which in turn crashes the bond market first and the stock markets afterwards as this video explains.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ox7l5G_jBE[/youtube]

[Taco]

Jobless claims data near 44 year lows further confirms the historical pattern that suggests yield curve inversion looms...

[HouseMD]

Wasn't it you that was saying rates were too low and it was a sign of collapse, now you're saying they're going up and it's a sign of collapse- at least be consistent, wtf.