Long live the FED26 Jun 2020 13:27
“FTSE 100 rises 100 points Fed's banking stress tests reassure investors New US coronavirus cases continue to rise
It is clearly, to use the stock market jargon, a “risk-on” day, with investors encouraged by yesterday’s results of the Fed’s banking stress tests.
The FTSE 100 was up 100 points (1.6%) at 6,247.
“After the close of trading in New York last night, the Federal Reserve issued the results of the banks stress test, and by and large they are in good shape,” reported CMC’s David Madden.
“When the central bank ran an extreme pandemic related scenario, a number of banks came close to the minimum capital requirement. Bank’s dividends will be capped at their current levels. Traders reacted well to the news and that has lifted the mood on this side of the Atlantic. The rising number of COVID-19 cases around the globe is still an issue, but dealers are ignoring it for now,” he added.”
If the FED keeps up their stimulus packages - this will shoot as it did earlier this month simply because equities & markets in general are being bailed out time and time again.