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Do Not Show Jim Bullard This Chart!!

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In the realms of fantasy narrative, The Fed's Jim Bullard remains near the top, but this morning's statement that "there is a lot of momentum in the US economy" is simply remarkable in its total falsehooded-ness. As the following chart shows, we suspect when Bullard says "economy" he means "market" but even that is hardly showing momentum!!

 

 

Charts: Bloomberg

 

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Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:22 | 5738896 Headbanger
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OK we won't!

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:28 | 5738920 Pinto Currency
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What happened to snake-oil salesmen in the old West?

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:38 | 5738961 101 years and c...
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to be fair, this chart should have a time frame going back to summer, 2011.  i highly doubt "US Macro" has ever supported SPX over 1400.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:41 | 5738966 rccalhoun
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so up to sept/oct 2014 the market was 'correct'?

mixed message, ZH

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:33 | 5739191 eclectic syncretist
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Bullard goes Fulltard

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:49 | 5739258 max2205
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Mission accomplished 

 

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 13:25 | 5739374 asteroids
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It's just a matter of time. A black swan should be able to knock this market over with a feather.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:22 | 5739145 Stroke
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In the old west, they moved on, or were hung

 

These fuckers will ride it 'till the end.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 13:04 | 5739310 knukles
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Most of that "snake oil" was actually crap cheap booze flavored with good stuff like pig manure and triple filtered through buffalo droppings then spiked with some sugar.  Stuff's still made.  Called Southern Comfort

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:24 | 5739148 glenlloyd
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They don't call him Bulltard for nothing...

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:24 | 5738900 Winston Churchill
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Terminal momentum.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:25 | 5738908 nuubee
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I was going to say, technically Bullard can be correct, since momentum can be negative.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:25 | 5738913 NotApplicable
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Question is, are they running straight into a brick wall, or off of a cliff?

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 14:27 | 5739685 Hammy27
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Neither of both :-) hope you don't trade what you write... otherwise you could just donatr you money to the ones in need ;-)

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:27 | 5738925 Bossman1967
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The fat finger at the fed fixes all stocks up going to a record. The truth means nothing so why bother with fundamentals.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:44 | 5738988 Pairadimes
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The Fed puts the 'mental' in fundamentals.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:57 | 5739286 poor fella
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Since nobody has said it -

Some would call his momentum 'gravity'

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:24 | 5738905 astoriajoe
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So you're saying from April-October of 2014, the market's performance was somehow tied to fundamentals?

 

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 14:00 | 5739526 upWising
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NO!  What you are seeing is Green Shoots!

Whatever happened to "Green Shoots"?

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:27 | 5738912 LawsofPhysics
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Could I see the same chart with ten year yield as well...

 

Go ahead, raise rates motherfuckers!!!

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:26 | 5738917 starman
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The bottom is in! BDFD! 

 

 

Sarc

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:31 | 5738935 surfersd
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What happens when oil is under $40 by end of March? 

 

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:00 | 5739004 LawsofPhysics
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In the absence of any real price discovery who cares?  Something about pennies and steamrollers comes to mind.

 

I urge everyone to read up on just how fast "low prices" has turned into shortages before.

The U.S. alone still consumes just under 18 million barrels  per day.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:31 | 5738936 surfersd
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Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:33 | 5738951 847328_3527
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"I've fallen down and can't get up."

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:41 | 5738971 Cripkuwy
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Indeed, every moment gets more momentum

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:43 | 5738985 2muchtax
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You can have "momentum" in any direction. When you become an expert in meaningless words you're always right.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:36 | 5739205 ILLILLILLI
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Even an airplane has momentum...just before it crashes into the ground.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:44 | 5738996 Dungholio
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If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with Bullard!

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:46 | 5738999 buzzsaw99
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i've seen that toppy looking formation a few times in recent years. it has always been a harbinger of MOAR.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:52 | 5739021 Father Lucifer
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Baffled by Bullard's bullshit.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:53 | 5739030 Mike Honcho
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Jim actually converted a See 'n Say toy, so instead of "a cow says moo", he yanks the string for this weeks catch phrase.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:54 | 5739039 HedgeDog
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There is momentum in the economy BUT it is to the down-side!

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:55 | 5739042 moneybots
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"there is a lot of momentum in the US economy"

 

Which direction?

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:58 | 5739048 SheepDog-One
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Wow! What I see is a ton of pent up spring back to catch back up to proper S&P level!
lol

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 11:58 | 5739052 silverer
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STOP BUYING! THE CHARTS WERE UPSIDE DOWN!

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:01 | 5739065 SheepDog-One
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Fuck look at that chart! S&P....must.......hold.......2,000...
For fucks sakes!

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:05 | 5739080 surfvin
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Jim bollocks

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:08 | 5739087 yogibear
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The Federal Reserve must keep inflating stocks and spewing BS about a recovery. It just has to.

It's 0%/negative rates and QE until the US dollar dies.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:39 | 5739218 Lmo Mutton
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Momentum at 32 ft per sec per sec unless there is a vacuum in those fibre optic lines....

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:40 | 5739223 CHX
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The chart shows that the fairy tale of QE did work indeed. HAHAHAHA, what a shyte show, it will end badly, but when is anyone's guess.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:43 | 5739242 sudzee
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OT:

Meanwhile in Ukraine Porky should be gone in a week or 2.

http://rt.com/news/228999-kiev-protesters-storm-president/

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 13:09 | 5739326 Quinvarius
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The idiot tried to draft every adult man and woman in the country to wage a needless war on the East.  He irritated some folks.

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 12:59 | 5739292 Eyeroller
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We momentumed some folks...

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 13:19 | 5739349 JoWazzoo
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Fer christ sakes .... BTFD!!!!!!  Here's a Dip!!  Looks like a screaming BUY to me!!!

http://www.businessinsider.com/eps-growth-expectations-turn-negative-2015-2

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 13:40 | 5739435 Dekyus
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QE 4 to the rescue !!! hahaha

Tue, 02/03/2015 - 15:05 | 5739874 DrNybble
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The key to understanding Bullard's comments is to first understand that most Americans now think the market actually IS the economy.  The Fed and the WH know this and have done everything they can to develop and maintain that perception.

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