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An end to the era of ultra-low interest rates from the Federal Reserve will also weigh on these overvalued names. As interest rates continue to rise throughout
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
An end to the era of ultra-low interest rates from the Federal Reserve will also weigh on these overvalued names. As interest rates continue to rise throughout 2018, that will accelerate the unicorn slowdown.”
this interest rate argument is at least somewhat realistic.
- perl4ever 8y agoIf you look at the historical fed funds rate, it seems like they have repeatedly raised rates until markets crashed and then cranked them back in a panic. I don't understand why they don't set the rate to approximately the current target (or actual) inflation rate and stop fiddling with it constantly. The instability seems completely unnecessary, like a bus driver who can't stop pressing down and letting off the gas over and over.
- headsoup 8y agoMuch as CIO's every few years in-source and then out-source IT functions. There is an obvious balance that could be found, but then they must been seen to 'do something' and so levers are pulled. Et cetera.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoyeah, it does kind of look that way. during the post-2008 period of low interest rates news outlets sometimes mentioned that the Fed was always looking for an excuse to raise rates so that when the next economic emergency arrived, it would be able to lower them again in response.