Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Market Review: Markets Are A Loaded Spring


The Market’s are like a loaded spring right now, everything we have seen this week as far as price action is concerned has been in a very tight range anticipating what the Fed will come out and say on Thursday regarding QE3.  A few years ago when the Fed announced QE2 November 3, 2010 the market moved significantly higher, then pulled back the falling week.  So in the event they do announce there is a likelihood the markets will shoot up for a day or two and then we might finally get a pullback.

Unfortunately I can’t predict the future so I don’t know what they will do tomorrow, but there is some good evidence they might, such as slow job growth, the U-6 rate of unemployment is a little more inclusive of the actual unemployment numbers and is currently sitting at 14.7%. Jobs are by far the Feds biggest concern, because if jobs are not growing, GDP and the other numbers won’t follow.  So the Fed believes that by launching another round of QE it can further stimulate, in the short term, the economy.

So tomorrow is “QE day” and we shall see if the conditions have deteriorated enough that they will take action.

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