Is it time to fight the Fed? This veteran strategist says the central bank won't risk a 20% drop in house prices and a 30% slide in stocks.

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David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Rosenberg Research and the former chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch, isn't buying the tough...

The bond bears have been in ascendance this week, even before the release of the latest minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The yield on the 10-year Treasury has jumped 23.7 basis points this week, the largest four-day yield gain since June 5, 2020, as the Fed minutes showed discussion of a fast winddown of its balance sheet alongside rising interest rates.

Dating back to 2012, the Fed’s forecasts on rates have been correct 37% of the time, accurate on core inflation 29% of the time, accurate on unemployment 24% of the time and accurate on real gross domestic product growth 17% of the time. And the Fed tends to be too bullish on growth, he adds. He recommends in the stock market shying away from cyclical sensitivity and toward defensive growth such as healthcare, staples and utilities; and in corporate credit, trading up in quality.

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Perhaps some forgot the Fed’s main job isn’t propping up Stock Market or Property prices for Wall St. Nytimes reported Wall St bought $60B worth of family homes. It’s time to close the tap before Wall St fucked up like 2008 again.

🥒🥒🍆🍑🍒 $Ears poor shawty Bend it over stick your tongue out 👅👄 Look back at it !!

The most recent bad forecast occurrence of which was the Fed's repeated statement that inflation was 'transitory' until it forced its hand. Fed = always behind the curve, an ex post facto operator.

GREAT.

maybe not 30 pct how about 20pct !

Rule Number One. Don't fight the Fed.

The Fed’s mandate isn’t pumping up Stock market & property prices for Wall St.

Has Powell gone nuts? Why is he wearing boxing?

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