Im no expert yet but I do know that the increasing the interest rates slows down demand and increases unemployment. By decreasing the rates, the fed can stimulate demand, increase output and decrease unemployment.
Is there something I'm missing here. Is this all retail hype and its actually just a Liquidity grab before continuing the bear market? $SPDR S&P 500 ETF(SPY.US)$$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)$

$ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ ETF(SQQQ.US)$$ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF(TQQQ.US)$ I think tomorrow the Ponzi Market may go up significantly based on S&P Case-Shiller home price and consumer confidence index being disastrous (i.e., compelling dovish Fed stance).  Not so sure about Employment cost index (shows wage inflation). 
BUT, even if the above numbers are shit (bullish) and market melts up, the Fed will have to tame that reaction on Wednesday.   
In other words, there is no bull case. Mar...

$Imperial Petroleum(IMPP.US)$ Idk if any of you guys listened to the 14 minute interview with that woman and Harry last month or two ago. He said he believes the dry bulkers will be the massive revenue maker down the line not the oil tankers. This guy is smart he knows we are in a wonky oil time. Bought a shit load of tankers to take advantage of the oil crisis. You want a CEO to understand patterns and change the buisness corresponding to what is best. We will be a dry bulker company in the nex...

- U.S. consumer prices fall in December
- Quarterly results from big banks due Friday
- Indexes: $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ up 0.6%, $S&P 500 index(.SPX.US)$ up 0.3%, $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ up 0.6%
U.S. stocks closed higher on Thursday, extending recent gains as data showing a fall in consumer prices in December bolstered expectations of less aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
U.S co...

- JPMorgan, Wells Fargo shares jump
- U.S. consumers' inflation expectations ease - survey
- Tesla falls after price cuts on electric vehicles
- Indexes: $Dow Jones Industrial Average(.DJI.US)$ up 0.3%, $S&P 500 index(.SPX.US)$ up 0.4%, $Nasdaq Composite Index(.IXIC.US)$ up 0.7%
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished at their highest levels in a month on Friday, with shares of JPMorgan Chase and other banks rising following the...

$Chevron(CVX.US)$ has sold a cargo of Venezuelan crude oil to another U.S. refinery, $Phillips 66(PSX.US)$ , anonymous sources have said.
Chevron Corp recently sold 500,000 barrels of heavy Hamaca to U.S. refiner Phillips 66 to be used in its Sweeny, Texas refinery, the sources told Bloomberg. It would be the first such sale since the United States sanctioned Venezuela’s crude oil.
In separate news, ConocoPhillips, which spun off its downstream business ...

Let us take a look at the major bank earnings today.
JP Morgan ( $JPMorgan(JPM.US)$ )
JP Morgan stock was down in pre-market trading on Friday even as it reported strong Q4 results. The financial services company saw revenues of $34.5 billion, up 17.9% year-over-year and beating estimates by $270 million. Adjusted earnings came in at $3.56 per share beating Street expectations of $3.08.
However, the b...