Thursday, March 19, 2009

Roll those presses!

I like Larry Levin a lot. He can be a little emotional from time to time...but he is a great trader. Here's what he says about what the Fed did yesterday. Can't sum it up any better then this:

"That's right, the Federal Reserve surprised the hell out of the market today by promising to increase its balance sheet today by a whopping $1.25 TRILION. However, the most worrisome portion of this madness is their commitment to buy $300 billion in longer-term Treasuries. The Fed will buy 30-YR bonds directly from the Treasury; one government entity to another! If this sounds odd to you, it's probably because it is. What they are doing is a bit like filling your swimming pool by pumping water from the deep end to the shallow end."

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