One Step Forward After Two Steps Back
Stocks rallied into the close, after initial gains generated by positive global equities were taken back at 14:00 EDT by the release of the Fed’s minutes from the March rate meeting. “The news was that things are getting no better, and that the printing press would remain on until such time that whoever is hording dollars puts them to good use” said TheLFB-Forex.com Trade Team. “Now, that may lead to an awful lot of dollar bills and notes hitting the street, but the Fed showed today that their economic outlook is such that drastic measures are going to be needed to create liquidity that filters through to Average Joe without creating too much of a bubble that could burst all over again in five years time” they said. Wall Street closed in the green, going 6 for 8 in positive session finishes, which in the current environment is a solid signal that 800 on the S&P is well protected.
