Markets During Periods Of Federal Reserve Intervention – March 27, 2017 Update

In the August 9, 2011 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 Federal Reserve interventions since 2007.

For reference purposes, here is an updated chart (through March 27, 2017) from Doug Short’s blog post of March 27 (“Treasury Snapshot:  10-Year Note at 2.38“):

Federal Reserve Intervention and U.S. markets

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 2359.64 as this post is written