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Returns After QE Announcements
June 9, 2020 • Posted in Economic Indicators, Sentiment Indicators
In reaction to “Federal Reserve Holdings and the U.S. Stock Market”, a subscriber suggested analysis of market reactions to announcements (starts/ends) of major Federal Reserve System interventions, such as the series of quantitative easing (QE) initiatives. Reactions to such announcement should precede changes in actual holdings. To investigate, we look at cumulative returns of SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) and iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) during the 30 trading days after each of the following announcements:
- 11/25/08: QE-1 initiated
- 3/16/09: QE-1 expanded
- 3/31/10: QE-1 terminated
- 11/3/10: QE-2 initiated
- 6/29/12: QE-2 terminated
- 9/13/12: QE-3 initiated
- 12/12/12: QE-3 expanded
- 10/29/14: QE-3 terminated
- 3/23/20: “QE-4” initiated
Using daily dividend-adjusted prices for SPY and TLT spanning these dates, we find that: (more…)
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