Not a ‘bailout’! $388.2475 billion in liquidity: A review of the tools the Fed is leveraging to provide banks liquidity while we get rate hikes: Discount Window, Central Bank Liquidity Swaps, Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), “Other credit extensions”, and “Foreign Official”.

by Dismal-Jellyfish This week’s Fed balance Sheet: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/20230330/ What we are monitoring: Discount Window/Primary Credit Central Bank Liquidity Swaps Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) “Other credit extensions” “Foreign Official” Tool 3/15 3/22 3/29 Discount Window/Primary Credit $152.85 billion $110.248 billion …

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Federal Reserve Alert! A Review of the FOMC Minutes and the speeches from Minnesota Fed President Neel Kashkari, Vice Chair Michael Barr, and Michelle Bowman.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee Sept 20–21, 2022 ‘Highlights’: ‘Participants judged that the Committee needed to move to, and then maintain, a more restrictive policy stance in order to meet the Committee’s legislative mandate to promote maximum …

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DeFi : Straight out of the horse’s mouths. A review of an Interagency Report on Stablecoins, and the control they want to have over DeFi – while conflating with CeFi.

by laflammaster I stumbled upon some fun stuff – a report from the US Treasury dept on stablecoins. Document link: Interagency Report on Stablecoins Forward reading – and why you should avoid CBDC: CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) ​ TL;DR; Start The …

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ARKK Morningstar review: Unrestrained, Unaware, and Unconcerned

by Suspicious_Tension82 https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1031702/ark-innovations-thematic-approach-is-ill-prepared-for-a-major-twist A lot of this ground has been covered already by places like The Bear Cave but here are some highlights: – This team’s collective experience seems significantly more limited than that of other firms. Only about half …

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Tradenet Review

The world of day trading is drawing in more and more people, but actually becoming a successful day trader can be a big challenge and requires a lot of preparation. Tradenet, one of the best-rated day trading schools online, aims …

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FITTON: Judge Sullivan, who just ordered review of key Flynn docs, also ordered Hillary Clinton to answer key email questions, under oath. Her answers are due by Monday to Judicial Watch.

by TFittonJW Reason to smile when courts rule the right way now and again! Judge Sullivan, who just ordered review of key Flynn docs, also ordered Hillary Clinton to answer key email questions, under oath. Her answers are due by …

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