FOMCGPT Is Better Than FEDERAL RESERVE

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Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) sets policy for the Federal Reserve.

Data to Monitor Once A Month \\ 50 Plus Year Average \\ Acceptable Range

  1. Consumer Price Index YOY (CPY) Avg 3.8% Range 3%-5%
  2. Case Shiller Home Price Index YOY (HPY) Avg 5.29% Range 3.5%-7%
  3. Unemployment Rate (UR) Avg 5.73% Range 4.5%-7%

Tools Available

  1. Raise/lower Federal Funds Rate if CPY is too high/too low
  2. Raise/lower Federal Mortgage Rates if HPY is too high/too low
  3. Raise/lower Quantitative Easing if UR is too low/too high
  4. Auction Off Troubled Financial Institutions

Financial Institution Tests

  1. Uninsured deposits / domestic deposits < 50%
  2. Loans and held-to-maturity securities / total deposits  < 50%
  3. Financial Institutions that fail both tests for two consecutive quarters are auctioned off.

RESULT: No peer pressure, no human error, no recessions!

FOMCGPT(tm) To The Rescue!

A ChatGPT bot (FOMCGPT) has been designed to generate Federal Reserve policy once a month incorporating the algorithm above using easily modifiable configuration files. It is being tested using Federal Reserve FRED data from April 2021 to April 2023.

Fed Powell Texts Mid-Size Bank Presidents – “Hey, Are you guys solvent?”

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HEY WANT TO KNOW A SOLUTION?

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-assassination-of-too-big-to-fail-michael-e-kelley/1142968143

The Federal Reserve is Topsy Turvy [Yes I am old] But Can Be Improved

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The Federal Reserve has been slow to act for fear of market reaction. Here is proof.

  1. Kept balance sheet high for too long. Quantitative Easing (QE) has gone on too long.
  2. Drank the unemployment Kool-Aid and ignored other signals.
  3. Looked at CPI as temporary and ignored Wage Inflation.
  4. Did not increase frequency of meetings to once a month during tumultuous time.
  5. Reacted rather than be proactive.
  6. Targeted inflation at 2% when the previous 50 years averaged 2.5% inflation.

The Federal Reserve can take these steps to fix some things.

  1. Meet monthly.
  2. Reduce Balance sheet aka stop QE.
  3. Increase interest rates 0.25 each month and avoid 0.50 increases.
  4. Assume recession is coming and be prepared to stop tightening.
  5. Set inflation target at 3%.
  6. Add non-voting younger University Economics Professors to board.

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Explaining #BREXIT

Why is this such a shock and what does it mean?.

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SHOCK

The financial world is in shock  because they like the status quo.

The BREXIT was approved because the world aka the 99% including Britain wants change, any kind of change.  Which of course explains Donald Trump’s success in the US.

The polls probably did not reflect the last minute decision makers and instead reflected the people who were able to be polled aka the retired people on the street who had time to answer silly polling questions.  These are generally conservative people who do not like change.

WHAT DOES BREXIT MEAN? 

Well the financial world is in turmoil because they also do not understand what this means.  So you can expect the stock markets around the world to be very negative for quite a while.  There may be enough negativity that we may experience a recession, which a number of respected economists have predicted for months.

ANALYSIS

Change is coming.  The demographics show the population is becoming more diverse aka less Caucasian.  Also the young voters are saying “We are tired of inequality and of politicians paid by the rich to do their work.  Your generation had your chance.  Now it is our turn and we are going to do something different.”

If you want some other financial advice, see this.

https://michaelekelley.com/2014/10/16/8-things-to-do-when-recession-happens/

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Why GLD Is Bad and GOLD Is Good

Friends, here is why the GLD fund aka ETF is the worst investment if you like GOLD.

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1.  GLD Is Paper Gold

GLD is actually the SPDR Gold Trust Electronic Traded Fund.  It is a promissory note for GOLD.  It is backed by physical gold but the real ratio is controversial.  See

http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2011/11/15/is-gld-really-as-good-as-gold/#7b10e4f93ca1

2.  GLD Is Supported By The Fed Which Wants the US Dollar High and Gold Low

In a previous post, I discussed how the US Dollar and GOLD move in opposite directions.

In that post, I explained that the Federal Reserve wants to keep the dollar high so to do that, it depresses GOLD prices by encouraging the sales of paper GOLD.  See

https://michaelekelley.com/2015/07/20/dear-fed-plz-raise-gold-price/

3.  GLD is a CDO aka Tranche

Remember the Great Recession of 2008?  It was brought on by CDOs and tranches based on bundled mortgages.  GLD is a tranche aka a bundle of paper gold.

Statistics prove that 13% of CDOs before the Great Recession were sold to multiple buyers.  It is like selling an acre of land in Florida multiple times.

https://michaelekelley.com/2015/01/28/remember-cdos-theyre-baaaack/

4.  Paper Gold is rumored to be oversold by 200 times

You need to read this.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-30/paper-gold-dilution-hits-294x-comex-registered-gold-drops-new-all-time-low

5.  GLD Has Lagged Gold Mining Stocks Year To Date

NEM, a gold mining stock, is up 34% from 01/01/2016 to 2/5/2016.

Meanwhile GLD is up only 10% from 01/01/2016 to 2/5/2016.

That is probably because investment companies are avoiding GLD.  So NEM is a GOOD investment right now not GLD.

 

Here are Solutions when a Recession Comes

https://michaelekelley.com/2014/10/16/8-things-to-do-when-recession-happens/

 

Here is Some More Information

Lessons From How The Great Recession Happened and What A CDO Is

http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/te/MAC/2e/MAC_2e_Chapter_15.pdf

Good luck!

PS  I own NEM and care about you but I cannot be held responsible for your decisions.

VIX Predicts Pits While Pundits Have Fits

VIX, measuring stock market volatility, last spiked this much in 2007.

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Coincidence?  This spike in VIX is predicting a recession (aka the pits) much like it did in 2007.

The result is recession-deniers aka pundits are having fits.  They are saying, “This can’t be happening.”

Meanwhile, believers in the predictability of VIX are saying “It is deja vu all over again. (Thanks to Yogi Berra)

Here are some other signs of a possible recession.

https://michaelekelley.com/2015/05/29/mergers-and-acquisitions-set-record/

/https://michaelekelley.com/2015/02/20/fed-warns-of-two-bubbles/

https://michaelekelley.com/2015/02/24/would-you-pay-39-more-than-asked/

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-27/when-will-we-ever-learn/

Here is how to prepare yourself.

https://michaelekelley.com/2014/10/16/8-things-to-do-when-recession-happens/

Good luck!

Dear Federal Reserve: Please Raise The Price of Gold

This sounds selfish but this is the only solution to prevent a world-wide recession.

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There are two possible solutions to the problem of the high dollar value and low gold price.  But before discussing the solutions, we need a little background information.

The Federal Reserve, the European Financial Organizations and the largest banks in the world have agreed to keep the US Dollar as the monetary standard.  To do that they need to manipulate the price of gold so it does not replace the dollar.  This means keeping the dollar high and the price of gold low.

Keeping the dollar high has the added advantage of keeping imports low which improves the US trade deficit.  Having a good trade deficit and a strong dollar gives the impression of a strong US economy.

One problem is Russia and China.  They are not happy with the high dollar value and low gold value.  Consequently they are creating their own monetary standard and creating exchanges in their own currency.  This allows them to avoid the US dollar completely.

Another problem is the largest banks such as JPMorganChase are dealing in large quantities of gold derivatives which is lowering the price of physical gold.  See this:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-09/are-big-banks-using-derivatives-suppress-bullion-prices

The real problem is the amount of debt of many countries around the globe.  Greece and the US are just 2 of 12 countries out of 64 whose debt is greater than their country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).  That means almost 20%of the largest countries in the world are in debt as seen in this website:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_public_debt

Now to discuss the solutions to the problems of  high debt and the high dollar value and the low gold price.

One solution is to let the nations in debt exchange their US dollars for gold.  But this could result in the depletion of US gold reserves and then the world would find out that the paper gold value does not equal the physical gold valueThat would cause a run on banks, a rush to cash and possibly a global recession.

Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee said, “The system may end when one country pulls the plug on it, exchanging U.S. dollars and government bonds for more gold — real metal — than is available, or when ordinary investor demand exhausts supply, which is more or less how the London Gold Pool ended in 1968.”

So a better solution is to raise the price of gold to eliminate the debt around the world.  Some people are proposing a 7 fold increase in price.

Chris also said, “… a study in 2006 by the Scottish economist Peter Millar concluded that to avert such a catastrophic debt deflation, central banks would need to raise the gold price by a factor of seven to 20 times in order to reliquefy themselves and devalue their currencies and society’s debts…”

For more information on what Chris Powell said, read the following website:
http://www.gata.org/node/14839

Okay.  I admit I own GLD and UDN and this would benefit me.  But now I am giving you the chance to also profit from this information.  here is some more useful information:

https://michaelekelley.com/2014/10/16/8-things-to-do-when-recession-happens/

Thanks

Greece Is Like Lehman Brothers

Both Lehman Brothers and Greece were denied a bailout.

Specifically the United States Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) refused to bailout Lehman Brothers and Greece, respectively.

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Unfortunately close behind were/are lots of other troubled and unstoppable financial organizations and debt-ridden countries.  [It is like trying to stop a bull run with your bare hands, oh yeah, and a red bandana.]

Countries like Italy, Portugal, Ireland, and Belgium all have public debt over 100 percent of their country’s GDP.  Japan is over 200 percent.  See the following for detailed statistics.

http://www.statista.com/statistics/268177/countries-with-the-highest-public-debt/

Unfortunately Greece had debt payments that looked like Mount Everest on a graph.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/greeces-looming-debt-repayments-in-a-pair-of-charts-2015-06-02

The US Government and the IMF have been strict with Lehman and Greece, respectively.  Like the US Government, the IMF can be expected to panic with the next oncoming overwhelming group of debtors. 

To learn more about the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, read this.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/09/lehman-brothers-bankruptcy-and-the-financial-crisis-lessons-learned

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Mergers and Acquisitions Set Scary Record For May

Please read the quote from MarketWatch.com below and guess why this is bad.

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“U.S. mergers & acquisitions activity is on track for a record month in May, with $241.6 billion of deals already announced, topping the previous record of $225.8 billion announced in May 2007, according to Dealogic data.”

ANSWER: The previous record was just before the Great Recession.

Specifically, eighteen months later the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was worth almost half of what it was in May 2007.

Here is a summary of why a recession is coming in plain English.

https://michaelekelley.com/2015/03/02/why-another-recession-is-coming/

Thanks to Team-Studer.net for the photo.

Stocks Could Have Worst April Since 1970

S&P 500 stocks dropped 9% in April 1970.  April 2015 could be similar.

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Our source for 1970 data is http://www.moneychimp.com/features/monthly_returns.htm

Here are the reasons April 2015 could be awful.

1. April 2015 is a buyback blackout period when corporations report earnings.

The dark columns in the above chart are the blackout months in which corporations cannot buy their own stock when reporting earnings.   After a blackout period in January 2015, corporation buybacks are the reason for the lift in the stock market in February 2015.  In fact, corporations have been buying twice as much stock as regular investors.  Like January, corporations cannot buy back stock during quarterly earnings reports in April 2015.  Here is more info.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-24/biggest-threat-sp-500-next-month-biggest-buyer-stocks-2015-enters-blackout-period

2. Oil companies will be reporting terrible earnings in April 2015

The price of oil has stayed around $50 a barrel, half of what it was a year ago, which is causing havoc with earnings.

“The Energy sector has witnessed the largest increase in the expected earnings decline (to -63.5% from -29.5%) since the start of the quarter. Overall, 30 of the 43 companies in this sector have seen EPS estimates cut by 20% or more to date”, per the website factset.com.

Also factset.com reports, “the Energy (-38.0%) sector is projected to report the largest year-over-year decrease in sales for the quarter.”

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3.  Forward P/E Ratio is 17.0, above the 10-Year Average of 14.1

According to factset.com, “The current 12-month forward P/E ratio is 17.0. This P/E ratio is based on Thursday’s closing price (2089.27) and forward 12-month EPS estimate ($123.03).

At the sector level, the Energy (26.9) sector has the highest forward 12-month P/E ratio.

The P/E ratio of 17.0 for the index as a whole is above the prior 5-year average forward 12-month P/E ratio of 13.7, and above the prior 10-year average forward 12-month P/E ratio of 14.1.

In other words, stocks are overpriced and the P/E ratio is the highest it has been for 10 years.

Be prepared

https://michaelekelley.com/2014/10/16/8-things-to-do-when-recession-happens/

Good news

The good news is that corporations will probably buyback over $170 billion shares in May 2015 as the blackout period ends.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-goldman-sees-a-buyback-halt-as-a-big-opportunity-2015-03-24?dist=afterbell