Risky business: The Fed, and Elon Musk, sound the alarm bells on financial markets

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The fact that Elon Musk could send the value of a cryptocurrency plummeting by more than a third after a joke on nbcsnl Saturday Night Live tells you a lot about the state of financial markets.

at the weekend, describing it as a “hustle,” the value of the cryptocurrency plummeted by more than a third. That highlights both the state and the fragility of the financial markets today. before Musk punctured its bubble.

Asset prices, the Fed said, could be vulnerable to significant declines should investor risk appetites fall; progress on containing COVID-19 disappoint or the US economic recovery stall.

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis regulation of banks was tightened substantially. A side-effect was to drive a significant amount of activity, particularly higher-risk activity, into the shadows of the financial system inhabited by less-regulated and less-visible entities like hedge funds, private equity and other non-bank institutions.

In the lead-up to the US elections and with the pandemic still raging, that ordering of risks was understandable.

 

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nbcsnl Since when was any crypto consideres part of financial markets ? It's completely unregulated, open to manipulation and has zero characteristics of an asset class.

nbcsnl He sent Dogecoin plummeting, not all of Crypto....my coins are still making gains.

nbcsnl No. It was a meme coin. Everyone should know it's was a scam.

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