As the stock market drops precipitously today – the S&P 500 was down over 40 points in early afternoon trading – a report by Barclays says a “convoluted communications process” has led to “uncertainty about the Fed’s reaction function,” as the report re-iterates a March 2016 Fed lift off date with rate hikes even later in 2016 a possibility. Barclays: Two minds are not better than one when it comes to a rate hike Although Yellen anticipates economic conditions will justify a rate hike before year-end, Barclays analyst Michael Gapen finds it “difficult to reconcile Chair Yellen’s view on the…
Barclays, Noting Confusion, Looking For 2016 Rate Hike
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.