Quote from Jestersofmalice:
the easy money appear to be on the short side.
all rallies are getting sold
Quote from will848:
The low yields on the 10 year basically says that the Fed is not going to borrow anymore to stimulate the economy. The economy will suffer because as we can see already, the banks are failing. Check out the basis points on BAC. Not just in the US either... the cost to insure Euro banks are soaring.
Even if the US tried to float the banks again, the velocity of money is at historic lows. The economy is going for a 2nd dip.
Quote from stock777:
how nice of you to start the journal with a 15% gain.
we believe you.
Quote from Tsing Tao:
This is your answer as to why the Fed announcement could be bullish?
Number 1 above is opposite reality. More QE would have been bullish for stocks, not less. Number 2 is a technical reason, not because of the Fed.
The reason why, other than a technical bounce (remember we had like 8 days of down, have to bounce somewhere) is that, by guaranteeing low rates for so long, the Fed is trying to push everyone out of cash and into something that offers return. Equities, etc. Holding cash gets you zip (even less so when taken with inflation).
Quote from bwolinsky:
We rallied <b>because of</b> QE3. Yields are going down due to flight to safety, not a lack of stimulus. There will be some and even if the public's not aware of it, we can see it in the unusally large size of the Fed's balance sheet and especially in M1.
Quote from will848:
We SHORT COVERED yesterday. Obvious due to the fact that the rally dropped fucking dead right after the market closed for the day. After hours stopped short.
Yields are down not because of lack of stimulus, it reflects that there WILL BE NO STIMULUS other than low rates. Of course it's a flight to safety. The Fed will not be borrowing for QE3 anytime soon.
If you think that was the QE3 rally, that was pretty pathetic don't you think?