Friday, September 11, 2009

 

Correlation Of S&P 500 Performance With Fed Monetization Activities Since Start Of QE

The chart below requires no substantial commentary suffice it to say that since the launch of the Fed's Quantitative Easing, aka Monetization, program, the value of the Total Securities Held Outright on the Fed's Balance Sheet has increased by $917 billion- from $584 billion to $1.5 trillion. This has been accompanied by an almost linear increase in the S&P 500 Index, from 721 at QE announcement on March 18 to 1033 yesterday. This $917 billion in extra liquidity, instead of igniting an inflationary spark, as the QE program was designed to do, is now (metaphorically) sloshing around bank basements...

Zero Hedge: Correlation Of S&P 500 Performance With Fed Monetization Activities Since Start Of QE

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