Fed Officials Trading Behavior Is Disappointing, Not Surprising

Fed Officials Trading Behavior Is Disappointing, Not Surprising

One would think Fed officials would have the common sense to not trade in stocks at a time when the Fed’s heavy hand dominates the capital markets.

Fundamentals have mattered little since April 2020 as a result of the Fed’s ultra-dovish monetary policy. Yet as reported by the Wall Street Journal certain Fed officials engaged in equity trades at a time when the Fed was actively moving markets by inflating the money supply to support the markets through a combination of QE, a zero Fed Funds Rate, purchasing equities (through BlackRock) and lending capital to companies such as Apple. Read the WSJ article HERE.

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