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An introduction to interest rates, what they are composed of and their extreme importance in the stock, futures, and forex markets.
Duration : 0:5:56
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Presented by Robert P. Murphy at “Austrian Economics and the Financial Markets,” the Mises Circle in Manhattan on 22 May 2010 in New York, New York. Includes an introduction by Mises Institute president Douglas E. French.
Duration : 0:30:3
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The second lesson of two on interest rates, why they are so important to the stock market and to traders and investors in the stock, futures, and forex markets with an introduction to the Federal Reserve.
In yesterday’s lesson we began our discussion on Monetary Policy with a look at one of its primary components, interest rates. In today’s lesson we are going to continue this discussion with another look at how interest rates affect the economy and therefore the markets, and by introducing the institution which implements Monetary Policy, the Federal Reserve.
As we saw in our example yesterday, small movements in interest rates can have dramatic effects on the economy. Just as small changes in interest rates can dramatically increase the costs for individuals to own a home or borrow money to purchase other goods, they can also have a dramatic affect on the cost of doing business.
It is for this reason that when interest rates rise, making borrowed money more costly, that people will also be less likely to start or expand a business. This not only has an effect on the business owner themselves but filters throughout the entire economy as less businesses being started and expanded means less jobs, which means less people getting paychecks, which means less people spending money and on and on down the line. The opposite is of course also true for when interest rates fall and business owners take advantage of access to cheaper borrowed money.
In addition to interest rates affecting the stock market, interest rates also have direct and indirect affects on the bond, foreign exchange, and futures markets. Here are a couple of quick examples of this which we will expand on in later lessons:
The Bond Market: When interest rates rise the value of existing bonds fall as investors can now purchase the same bond with a higher interest rate and vice versa.
The Forex Market: When Interest rates it becomes more attractive from a yield standpoint to own the dollar against other currencies or to invest in interest bearing dollar based assets. This creates a demand for dollars which will many times cause the dollar to strengthen. The reverse is also true when interest rates fall.
The Commodities Market: When economies grow at a greater rate as a result of lower interest rates this will mean a greater demand for commodities so their value will rise and vice versa.
Duration : 0:5:12
Mark Faber says root problem of artificially low interest rates and increasing the money supply will cause inflation; but inflation can be spread out over many sectors, or manifest itself as a bubble – a misallocation of capital. Low interest rates cause speculation into asset classes as investors seek to generate a return on their capital, especially when anticipation of inflation is high. Recently, China has started to restrict capital flows as it’s massive stimulus package fueled commercial and residential in certain cities.
Negative Interest Rates:
The US Government may raise interest rates, but continue to expand the money supply at a faster rate in order to service government obligations. Likely that the US will not default on all debts, but may default on certain foreign debts while utilizing inflation (increasing the money supply) to service current and future obligations.
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Duration : 0:9:36
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A lesson on how interest rates move the forex market for active traders and investors in the stock, futures, and forex markets.
Duration : 0:4:27
Professor Richard Roll says the effect may not be what you’d think.
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Mike Gasior dicusses the marketplace for Interest Rate Swaps and their place within the Derivatives marketplace. Filmed at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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Prime minister Raila Odinga is requesting for low-interest long-repayment period loans from the developed world to support the countrys growth agenda.Speaking during a development partners forum, the Prime minister says the government requires enormous resources to sustain the ongoing infrastructure-modernizing program.
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Duration : 0:6:9