Market Action During Periods Of Intervention – Chart Since 2007

In the August 9 post (“QE3 – Various Thoughts“) I posted a chart that depicted the movements of the S&P500, 10-Year Treasury Yield and the Fed Funds rate spanning the periods of various interventions since 2007.

For reference purposes, here is an updated chart from Doug Short’s blog post of November 7 (“Fed Intervention and the Market“) :

(click on chart to enlarge image)

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1261.12 as this post is written