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The Fed has a huge pile of stocks it's bought over the past decade. Now it's dumping them, slowly.
by akomtu 4y ago
The Fed has a huge pile of stocks it's bought over the past decade. Now it's dumping them, slowly.
- njarboe 4y agoThe Fed bought a lot of various assets (US bonds, home mortgage bonds, and even a few corporate bonds via ETFs), but never bought stocks as far as I know. Would love a reference on this if you have one.
- vba616 4y agoAs far as I know, all the ETFs were bond funds, but maybe someone said they were propping up the stock market because ETFs are traded on stock exchanges, and then someone else interpreted that to mean they are buying stocks... https://www.google.com/search?q=just+a+normal+day+at+the+nation%27s+most+important+financial+institution https://www.google.com/search?q=just+a+normal+day+at+the+nat...