Only 6 days ago I posted this report about Blackrock being appointed to manage the Feds bond purchases (market bailout)
Only 13 days ago I posted reports that Blackrock and some of the other stock peddlers had approached the Bank of England and regulators in the US to shut stock markets down as their bond ETFs were melting down uncontrollably.
Pam and Russ Martens have put the spotlight on the conflicts that appointing Blackrock as the bailer outers of the bond markets have created. The madness continues with the Fed also allowing its primary dealer banks to use shares as collateral for 0.25% loans at its discount window. None of the usual stops and measures or norms of markets or banking seem to apply anymore. Its just being made up as we go along by the Fed to try and reinflate a bubble that should really be popped to heal the system. Meanwhile the Pavlov dog speculators just keep speculating oblivious to how much the rules of the game have changed, oblivious to the conflicts, the lies, the hypocrisy, the over valuations, the madness that says printing unlimited amounts of money makes everyone rich again. Hard work, innovation and production of useful goods and services is what makes the economy produce real wealth. That's not what is happening at the moment. Money printing and idol hands leads to higher prices, currency devaluations, starvation, chaos, moral hazard, trade war and ultimately real wars and revolutions.
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020...o-manage-its-corporate-bond-bailout-programs/
"According to the “
Terms of Assignment” the New York Fed released, BlackRock will be allowed to buy up its own corporate bond ETFs as well as those of its competitors. The only caveat in the contract is this concerning the Fed’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF):
“BlackRock will treat BlackRock-sponsored ETFs on the same neutral footing as third-party ETFs. All ETF transactions will be effected through intermediaries at market prices on a best execution basis, whether in the secondary market or via primary creations and redemptions. If the share of the SMCCF’s holding of BlackRock-sponsored ETFs exceeds or is expected to exceed the then-current market share of BlackRock-sponsored ETFs in the corporate bond ETF market on average over a given calendar month, BlackRock will notify the New York Fed for review and consultation. The New York Fed may direct portfolio adjustments at any time.”"