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"Don't Worry, Be Happy" Fed Financial Stress Index At Record Low For 3rd Week
Feeling stressed? Worried about the financial markets? Don't be - the Fed has an index for that. The St. Louis Fed 'financial stress index', constructed from 18 weekly data series (6 interest rates, 6 yield spreads, and 5 others) fell to a record low for the 3rd week in a row signaling all-clear... right? Just one thing, in a world entirely disintermediated by central banking largesse, just how relevant are these 'market' indications of financial stress? As Bloomberg warns, the financial stress index has now been below zero for 130 consecutive weeks, the longest period since 2008.
In the meantime, s'all good right?
Sowing the seeds of complacency as the market believes this can go on forever... it can't!!
Chart: Bloomberg
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Run for the hills!!!
"The STLFSI is constructed from seven interest rate series, six yield spreads and five other indicators." Does anybody know what are the remaining 5 indicators?
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.
I see that Operation Xanax in the Water Supply is going quite well.
pods
Yea I don't know what it is with people lately, even normally intelligent folks just look at me crazy when I'm telling them hints aren't so good in reality and they better watch out and be careful. Several even get angry at me.
I know what you mean...
I wonder if it's time to start looking under beds, in closets, for the pods...
How the fuck can an index scale be below zero? These people don't even know what an index is for fucks sake.
-10 is the new zero.
We all know how it ended last time and how will it end this time.
What, WHAT... You can't have negative stress? Negative stress is pure hopium !
The perfect contarian indicator of an approaching financial mushroom cloud.
Now that's some of the funniest shit I've seen in awhile.......even out of the fochin scumbags
looks like we have a few more years before we match the last period....and I am sure we can top it. This is Murica we are talkin aboot.
Last little hiccup in 2008 will seem like nothing compared to what's coming one of these mornings.
yes in utopias they have indexes like this
Pretty low stress around my TBTF bank these days.
hey yellen, try and fix this shit with your printer
what, me worry?
“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.”
- Jane Wagner
What, no more Turbo Tuesday?
No one noticed Tambora either, until....
In the future, this may be a nice link to reference,http://giphy.com/search/dominos
I especially like this one for the degree of complete collapse.
http://giphy.com/gifs/WmkYhCt0Ddnyw
This one is nice too, for the look on the builders face:
http://rowpics.com/htdocs/images/uploads/images/20_04_2013fgf4_38_19_.gif
This index is actually showing financial stress of Fed insiders.
exactly .... the chart is for the 1% . Rest of the peeps get a different chart.... much different.
The Walmart CEO was on CNBC toaday..he said the high end was fine..it was the middle class and the poor that were still having problems...his words and he would know....pretty telling I think..
Walmart scumbag knows he'll be safe in his bunker when the SHTF