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Feb 2024
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Joseph Wang On “Hawkish” Fed Meeting: Ma...

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Jack, Joseph Wang, and Mike Ippolito break down the January Fed meeting. Recorded shortly after the Powell press conference on January 31, 2024.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:41) Joseph's View on Jan FOMC: "This Was A Hawkish Fed Conference"

(07:51) Joseph's View On Asset Prices

(10:04) Joseph's View on Rates

(20:52) Vaneck Ad

(21:37) The Plumbing Of How The Government & Fed Prints Money

(32:41) Treasury Issuance (QRA, Quarterly Refunding Announcement)

(39:01) Joseph's View on Fed's Quantitative Tightening (QT): Taper Could Likely Begin In Q4 2024

(44:57) Fed's Plan For Discount Window & End Of Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP)

(49:31) Joseph Wang: Fiscal Deficits Will Likely Continue To Fuel Bull Market In Risk Assets

(52:19) Concentration of Stock Market Rally

(01:00:12) Jack Puts On Tin Foil Hat Re: Fed Language & New York Community Bank (NYCB)

(01:02:44) Closing Thoughts: Plumbing People Are Not Always Bearish!!


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