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If the FED pumps so much money in the market, at what point do they start getting such significant stakes in the companies that they get board seats? Does it not become a roundabout 'socialism' if the state owns huge stakes in publicly listed companies?

I'd dump all stock right now if I was holding, thank the tax payer and buy bullion.. don't know why people would still remain invested in a market that will obviously crash..




The FED is mainly buying U.S. Treasury securities and Mortgage-backed securities [0]. They just started buying bonds this week but haven't bought very much and they haven't bought any equities.

[0]: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h41/current/h41.htm




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