Fed Seen Trying to Engineer `Softish Landing' for U.S. Asset Prices

The video discusses the current state of US markets, focusing on factors like earnings revisions, trade tensions, and Fed policy that have contributed to recent market volatility. It highlights the impact of these factors on US stocks, technical indicators, and market sentiment. The discussion also covers the role of US yields and the Fed's approach to interest rate hikes, suggesting a potential pause in hikes due to changing financial conditions.

What are some of the factors that have contributed to the recent weakness in U.S. stocks?

• Increased consumer spending

• Earnings revisions and policy measures

• Improved U.S.-China trade relations

• Rising oil prices

Which technical indicator is mentioned as providing some stabilization for U.S. stocks?

• Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)

• 14-day Relative Strength Index (RSI)

• Fibonacci Retracement

• Bollinger Bands

What is the current trend in U.S. Treasury yields as discussed in the video?

• Yields are stable

• Yields are fluctuating wildly

• Yields are dropping

• Yields are rising

How does the Fed's policy stance appear to be shifting according to the discussion?

• Towards a pause in rate hikes

• Towards increasing quantitative easing

• Towards reducing interest rates

• Towards more aggressive rate hikes

What is the Fed's goal in terms of U.S. asset prices as mentioned in the video?

• To maintain current asset prices

• To cause a market correction

• To engineer a soft landing

• To create a market boom