Yeah, like that did any good for Japan. (Markets down -50% from their high from 30 years ago... in spite of the BOJ having bought/owning 80% of their entire ETF market.)
Interesting how this news is literally a non event for the markets today. Aside from that the fed has plenty of more tricks ready to go if this equity sell off resumes its downward trend after a steady gigantic run the last month. Fed will initiate trillions more to backstop any equity sell off ....
It's so wrong to have taxpayer money spent to artificially prop up markets buying ETFs..... but it's election year after all Heck I thought earnings growth and financials mattered to the stock market, not phony fed spending
The news is that the FED is able to buy Corporate Bond ETFs, not equity ETFs. "The PMCCF will provide companies access to credit by (i) purchasing qualifying bonds as the sole investor in a bond issuance, or (ii) purchasing portions of syndicated loans or bonds at issuance. The SMCCF may purchase in the secondary market (i) corporate bonds issued by investment-grade U.S. companies; (ii) corporate bonds issued by companies that were investment-grade rated as of March 22, 2020, and that remain rated at least BB-/Ba3 at the time of purchase; (iii) U.S.-listed ETFs whose investment objective is to provide broad exposure to the market for U.S. investment-grade corporate bonds; and (iv) U.S.-listed ETFs whose primary investment objective is exposure to U.S. high-yield corporate bonds."
^^ agree, trivia related - for a split second that brought back memories of the Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae & Freddie mac.