The Fed looks set to end its massive market intervention. Can it do that without spooking traders? | Metals Mine

  • The Fed looks set to end its massive market intervention. Can it do that without spooking traders?

    From morningstar.com

    The Federal Reserve is poised to end its latest program of quantitative tightening, bringing the curtain down on the massive intervention in financial markets it launched in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. The Fed hopes that the markets can stand on their own and that the central bank can return to stimulating and cooling the economy using its traditional interest-rate tool. To counter the economic impact of the pandemic, the Fed embarked on a program of quantitative easing, buying up trillions of dollars' worth of securities to keep long-term interest rates low. As a result, the central bank's ... (full story)

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DrWho37
Oct 29, 2025 5:46am
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Fed is about to cause lots of inflation and pain with the cuts they are planning to do. And just to keep one single guy happy....
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Trader#81E0
Oct 29, 2025 6:01am
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Jerome Powell is a responsible figure, but he faces a challenging situation with the unpredictable 'Ballroom bollocks' Trump. He must safeguard his hard-earned reputation and prioritize the long-term stability of the economy. What steps would Paul Volcker take?
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The Fool
Oct 29, 2025 10:28am
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Quoting Trader#4664
It's very amusing to see people bitching at Obama, Biden, now Trump because they can't trade worth of shit to save themselves... The question you should be asking yourself before you open your piehole again is: How come someone else lives under the same government, probably drink the same municipal water as you are and share the same weather as you are is making money out of their wahzoo and you're here bitching?" Because you're just a whiny no good for nothing.
Be nice. Hyperbolic market could use some spooking. I could see almost any excuse being grabbed to justify blowing off some steam.
Twocans
Oct 29, 2025 5:38am
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I thought that was your job, Greg Robb, at Morningstar.
Twocans
Oct 29, 2025 2:48pm
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Quoting Trader#4664
It's very amusing to see people bitching at Obama, Biden, now Trump because they can't trade worth of shit to save themselves... The question you should be asking yourself before you open your piehole again is: How come someone else lives under the same government, probably drink the same municipal water as you are and share the same weather as you are is making money out of their wahzoo and you're here bitching?" Because you're just a whiny no good for nothing.
I LOVE YOU, BRO. LOL
Niru
Oct 29, 2025 6:19am
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Quoting DrWho37
Fed is about to cause lots of inflation and pain with the cuts they are planning to do. And just to keep one single guy happy....
I hope so, then maybe the dumbest of his dumb supporters will finally see what an absolute balloon he is.
Trader#4664
Oct 29, 2025 9:06am
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It's very amusing to see people bitching at Obama, Biden, now Trump because they can't trade worth of shit to save themselves... The question you should be asking yourself before you open your piehole again is: How come someone else lives under the same government, probably drink the same municipal water as you are and share the same weather as you are is making money out of their wahzoo and you're here bitching?" Because you're just a whiny no good for nothing.
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The Fool
Oct 29, 2025 1:07pm
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Donald Trump, King of the World
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...-gyeongju.html
Chancy
Oct 29, 2025 1:18pm
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Not sure but the hold on 4% is a spanner in the works.
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Shiham
Oct 29, 2025 5:50am
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morningstar.com trying to get clown's favor
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Schweet
Oct 29, 2025 4:09pm
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Gold and Silver are linked to the Dollar. Just follow the unemployment and inflation data in the US and you will be fine.
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Trader#2FDF
Oct 29, 2025 6:04am
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Print too much money before and now start to suffer ……. Karma coming to town lolzzz hahaha
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Trader#CEA9
Oct 29, 2025 7:56am
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1 to 2 cuts a year to keep masses happy and then push again when trump is gone.
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Trader#7C33
Oct 29, 2025 11:43am
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I thing gold bullish
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Trader#35E2
Oct 29, 2025 12:47pm
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Powell for president in 2028
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