Category: Northman Trader

Fed’s Powell Scrutinized For Owning Bonds Of The Same Type The Central Bank Bought During Pandemic

As a number of Federal Reserve presidents have been criticized for their 2020 stock moves, Fed chairman Jerome Powell has been cast into the limelight for owning $1.5 million municipal…

Fed’s Vice Chair Says Tapering May Happen In 2021, Senator Joe Manchin ‘Alarmed Over Record Amount Of Stimulus Injections’

The U.S. central bank’s vice chairman Richard Clarida explained on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering large asset purchases this year. Also, that the first interest rate hike…

Microstrategy Buys $489M Worth Of Bitcoin — Company Now Holds More Than 100,000 BTC

The independent, publicly-traded business intelligence company Microstrategy announced the acquisition of 13,005 bitcoin on Monday, at a purchase price of approximately $489 million in cash. The company’s CEO Michael Saylor…