Black Wednesday
Anticipating A Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hike on This 34th Anniversary of Britain’s Black Wednesday
September 16, 2026
The Federal Reserve has not raised its targeted interest rate since September 2023, but financial markets are placing very high odds on that streak ending three hours from now. Coincidentally, this likely directional reversal comes on the 34th anniversary of what arguably was one of the most memorable currency market events of the floating dollar […] More
Intensifying Exodus from Equities
September 16, 2022
Led by a nearly 21% overnight plunge in Fed Ex shares, key U.S. stock market indices are down about 1%. Stock markets in the Pacific Rim had closed down 2.3% in China, 2.3% in China, 1.9% in Indonesia, 1.8% in India, 1.3% in Australia and 1.1% in Japan. The German Dax and Paris Cac are […] More
