Archive: Fed

Solana Teaches Crypto Investors a Critical Lesson

By Vin Narayanan on June 3, 2022

Crypto Market Musings As expected, bitcoin continues to trade in a fairly tight range between $28,000 and $30,000. Most other coins are loosely tracking with bitcoin. There are some exceptions, though. Tron, for example, is up about 17% in the last 30 days. If you’re looking for future bumps in the road, circle June 14 and June 15 on your calendar. That’s when the Fed will likely raise interest rates another 0.5%.
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Federal Reserve Threatens a 0.5% Interest Rate Hike

By Adam Sharp on February 11, 2022

The Federal Reserve is now openly hinting at a 0.5% interest rate hike, which could come at any time. It might do a 0.5% hike just to look like it’s trying to control inflation. But I remain confident that it can’t actually raise rates back to…
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The Crypto Market Seems to Have Hit Bottom… for Now

By Vin Narayanan on January 28, 2022

2022 has already been an interesting year for crypto. How interesting depends on your perspective. Let’s take bitcoin, for example. Here what bitcoin’s chart looks like: 1 Day: +0.33% 5 Day: +5.4%…

The Fed’s Policy Tightening Mirage

By Adam Sharp on January 21, 2022

Bitcoin is “crashing” once again. As I write this, it’s trading around $39,000. It’s down from around $43,000 a week ago. Altcoins are correcting much more severely, with many down 15% over the last 24 hours.  As usual, all the crypto traders on Twitter are freaking…
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Blindly Believing the Fed

By Adam Sharp on November 5, 2021

I came across an interesting opinion piece on CoinDesk today titled “Will Bitcoin Win When the Fed Stops Buying Bonds?” Beginning in November, the Fed will purchase $10 billion fewer Treasury bonds and $5 billion fewer mortgage-backed securities (MBS) each month…

A Brutal Market for Shorting Stocks

By Adam Sharp on August 13, 2021

In 2008, I had a big short and put position on mall REITs (real estate investment trusts) and big bank stocks. It worked like a charm at first. My positions were up anywhere from 30% to more than 140%. These companies were leveraged to the hilt.

Why the Fed Is Bluffing

By Adam Sharp on July 9, 2021

The Federal Reserve is in quite a pickle. Inflation is heating up, as evidenced by May’s 5% annualized inflation rate (according to dubious official numbers). Economists assure us that these price hikes are “transitory” — i.e., not permanent.

The Fed Demands Higher Inflation

By Adam Sharp on August 7, 2020

For a while now, it’s been clear that the Fed wants higher inflation. Now it’s finally starting to admit it. Here’s an excerpt from CNBC’s article this week titled “The Fed is expected to make a major commitment…
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Crypto Bull Case Strong Despite Near-Term Risks

By Adam Sharp on June 12, 2020

Yesterday we had one of the biggest sell-offs in stock market history. The Dow Jones dropped almost 7%. And the S&P 500 dropped nearly 6%. The sell-off was extremely steep. At one point on Thursday, Bitcoin was also down around 6%. But it has rebounded since and is…
Gold is screaming higher, and confidence in the Fed is too. Here are the stories I’m following this week.
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“Money Printing” Going Mainstream

By Adam Sharp on April 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has jumpstarted a critically important discussion about the effects of printing money.

Bitcoin Was Made for Times Like These

By Adam Sharp on March 27, 2020

Bitcoin was made for situations like the one we find ourselves in today... crisis, bailouts, money printing and reckless government spending.
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Most people don't know how the Fed, inflation and monetary policy work. That's about to change. And bitcoin will benefit.
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Bitcoin Was Made for This

By Adam Sharp on March 18, 2020

We are in uncharted waters. The federal government is likely to announce badly needed stimulus checks in the near future. The Federal Reserve has already announced that it’s injecting trillions of dollars in liquidity into the market – and more is expected. Bailouts are a near certainty for airlines, hotels…

The Fed vs. Fundamentals

By Adam Sharp on March 6, 2020

The battle is on, and Adam Sharp thinks the Fed is finally faltering. Could the bull market be over?

The Fed Is Not Invincible

By Adam Sharp on January 24, 2020

“Don’t fight the Fed” has been solid advice for the past 10 years. But the current bull market won’t last forever. And investors need to prepare accordingly.