VRA Investment Update: J Powell, the Jim Cramer of Fed Chairmen. Upside of Inflation. The Markets Love it When the Fed Stops Hiking.

VRA Investment Update: J Powell, the Jim Cramer of Fed Chairmen. Upside of Inflation. The Markets Love it When the Fed Stops Hiking.

Good Thursday morning. In Tuesdays Letter I wrote the following…

“J Powell is the most unpredictable Fed Chair of our times and the root of his unpredictability lies in the fact that he desperately wants to be taken seriously. Powell is highly unpredictable. That’s a dangerous trait in a Fed Chair.

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VRA Investment Update: Shades of 12/2018. End The Fed. Stock Traders Almanac; Seasonally Bullish.

VRA Investment Update: Shades of 12/2018. End The Fed. Stock Traders Almanac; Seasonally Bullish.

J Powell came heavy Wednesday, raising rates as expected by .50%, but hawkish without question, targeting a peak rate of 5.1%. While the Fed broadly likes what they see regarding inflationary trends, their big concern is employment, specifically wage pressure/inflation. This is what has the equity markets concerned…will the Fed break something again…this time the jobs market.

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