Interest Rate Hike

For seven years, from January 1, 2015, to March 2022, thirty-year fixed rate mortgages averaged 3.72%. From the second quarter of 2020 (COVID) to the second quarter of 2022 mortgage rates averaged 2.92%. Currently January 13, 2013, the rates are 6.33%. What took Paul Volker two years to accomplish, from…

Inflation is a general concept of a rise in the prices of goods and services across the sectors in the economy and according to the basket of goods concept certain sectors may aggressively contribute to higher inflation. The Federal Reserve of the United States sets the monetary policy and the…

It is amazing to think that the year is almost over. In a few days, 2022 will be behind us and we’ll be embarking on a new year with new opportunities. 2022 was marked with tremendous change, volatility and opportunity. Rising Rates, Rising Inflation, Ukraine-Russia War It started with the…

Author: Will Halverson, Stanford BA in Economics — On November 2, the Federal Reserve voted once again to raise interest rates by 0.75%. This decision is the latest in a long series of rate hikes designed to combat record-setting US inflation levels, which reached 7.7% year-over-year in October. Given that the Fed’s target inflation rate is 2%, market…

Don’t Miss Out On the Last Chance — Since the beginning of the pandemic, the world has been witnessing things that we have never seen before. Both economically and mentally. There is a serious test about how we will move forwards since 2020. …

This is a continuation in the series of dispatches about the Housing Loans space in India. We have covered 2 dispatches prior to this. In case you haven’t read them — I suggest you check them out first. …

Look at how the investment landscape has changed over time. In the 13 years after GFC through 2021, many investors (both retail and institutional) saw equities as the only viable and plausible option to allocate their funds to beat inflation. Continued long-term loose monetary policies meant that the stock markets…

Every FOMC meeting where the FED and Jerome Powell meet to discuss the interest rate hikes, a pattern has repeated like CLOCKWORK! Watch today’s episode of Crypto Banter right now and prepare your crypto portfolio for the upcoming FOMC Minutes!