By Louis Lustenberger – Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern In response to COVID-19, the fed has pursued inflationary monetary policy and subsequently the U.S. dollar has suffered. Since March of 2020, the DXY has been down more than 5% from 102.8 in March to 93 in September. During this time, deflationary assets have boomed, […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern As many of us are already aware, the Bitcoin halving occurred on May 12 cutting the supply released into the market from 12.5 Bitcoins to 6.25 Bitcoins approximately every 10 minutes. Two months prior to this event Bitcoin and almost all financial markets underwent a […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern The federal funds rate is a tool of the fed to apply monetary policy on the market by controlling short term circulation of the US Dollar on the market. The Fed is able to adjust the federal funds rate by issuing/buying US government-backed securities such […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern It’s been almost impossible to miss the huge decreases in the stock market’s biggest indices over the past week. The S&P 500, DOW Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq Composite have all taken losses upwards of 8.14%. The fed has responded with emergency measures by […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern As of last Wednesday, we had an all-time high in the S&P 500 after reports claiming the coronavirus was being taken care and there was nothing to worry about. Since then there have been outbreaks of the virus all over the world with confirmed cases […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern If you were watching the S&P 500 yesterday, you probably noticed a flash crash that took place at 10 am and lasted for about 45 minutes. During this time period, the S&P 500 dropped approximately 1.24% and proceeded to pick back for the rest of […]