Friday, March 22, 2013

Diminishing Returns to QE

Better get yourself together
And hold on to what you got
Once the music hits your system
There's no way you're gonna stop
--Miami Sound Machine

Updated graph marking movements of the S&P 500 (SPX) in relation to various FOMC intervention programs since 2008:


Suggests diminishing returns to the Fed's stimulus programs.

Would be interesting to see a plot of SPX vs Fed balance sheet expansion. Would think the the Fed is surely getting less SPX pts per dollar as they ramp QE.

position in SPX

1 comment:

dgeorge12358 said...

.....the Committee expects that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends and the economic recovery strengthens.
~FOMC Press Release, March 20, 2013