Not Giving Up The Ghost

Please click here for a chart of Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ).

Note the following:

  • The chart shows when the Fed minutes were released.
  • The main observation from the minutes is that the Fed is reluctant to give up the ghost of being wrong.
    • The Fed has already admitted that they were wrong about the amount of inflation.
    • The Fed has already admitted that they were wrong about the length of inflation.  Originally the Fed had indicated that inflation would last only three or four months.