Markets Still Fooled as Fed Plays Lets Pretend Ep. 86

Published: May 30, 2015, 8:54 p.m.

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\\n\\t* Short week closed with some horribly bad news
\\n\\t* People are not paying attention to the data; they are paying attention to the Fed
\\n\\t* Government released revision to the GDP: -.7
\\n\\t* The assumption of deflation is cooked into the number
\\n\\t* Most Q2 data is weak
\\n\\t* Q1 Corporate profits plunged by 5.9%
\\n\\t* JP Morgan announced 5,000 layoffs
\\n\\t* Corporations are already levered up to the max
\\n\\t* May Chicago PMI plunged back down to 46.2 - close to March's -year low
\\n\\t* April Durable Goods fell .5
\\n\\t* March Services PMI fell to 56.4 - second monthly drop
\\n\\t* May Dallas Fed Manufacturing crashed to -20.8; fifth consecutive monthly decline
\\n\\t* The Fed has never predicted a recession; in fact they have forecasted economic growth while in a recession
\\n\\t* Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index: fell for the 7th consecutive week
\\n\\t* There are fewer good jobs available and if someone loses their job the are likely to have to take one they are overqualified for
\\n\\t* The Fed is too concerned about maintaining the illusion of prosperity to allow genuine prosperity
\\n\\t* They are propping up the stock market and the housing market, pretending everything is OK, and allowing the government to continue deficit spending
\\n\\t* People still think the Fed will raise interest rates; the most we would get is a trivial hike< just to say they raised rates to get things back to normal
\\n\\t* There is no more normal anymore; the new normal is interest rates at zero and perpetual QE until the whole thing blows up
\\n\\t* How can we expect to learn from our ancestors when we can't even learn from our own mistakes?
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