Fed Watch Tool’s Assumption and Interpretations: Probability of a rate hike is calculated by adding the probabilities of all target rate levels above the current target rate. Probabilities of possible Fed Funds target rates are based on Fed Fund futures contract prices assuming that the rate hike...
US regulators’ latest attempt to make the Federal Reserve’s discount window part of banks’ everyday liquidity plans could end the tool’s decades-old stigma, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Banks have long been wary of tapping this Fed facility intended to provide emergency funds to firm...
A Fed Policy Shift Could Be Near. Buying Bank Stocks Looks Like a Good Strategy. Steven M. Sears – Barron’s If fairy tales were made into parables about investing, the boy who cried wolf would run a tail-risk fund. To protect his stocks, the vigilant boy would perpetually buy bearish...