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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (125650)	3/12/2019 5:13:27 PM
From: Honey_Bee	2 Recommendations Recommended By AJ Muckenfus Intrepid1 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 454514

We have not had inflation above what the Fed wants it to be (about 2%) for a very long time - and that includes when they started raising interest rates right after Trump was elected. The Fed, with Quantitative Easing and almost zero rates, kept Obama's economy barely surviving. It appears as though the President was able to talk turkey with Powell and make him see that raising interest rates is a mistake when there are no signs of inflation. OTOH, the Fed fears deflation more than anything - but there is zero indication that it is in the foreseeable future. Sorry to appear to argue with you. You are entitled to your opinions and to make your own decisions. I simply want to provide balance to what you are saying. I did a financial blog based on the weekly radio program for a leading financial analyst and teacher (Bob Brinker) for the last 15 years - until he recently retired. It required me to be constantly up to the minute on market indicators, etc.... Deciding when to get in and out of the stock market is a personal decision, and should be based on how long one has to invest and how much risk-tolerance one has. The worst thing an investor can do is sell into weakness.