On Central Bankers, Stocks & Batteries

Check out the accompanying pdf and chart collection. Executive Summary: Policymakers in both China and the UK recently have made policy 180s, abandoning their former plans. Now US financial markets seem to think economic conditions will compel the Fed to do the same, ending this round of tightening sooner rather than later. … Did the stock market’s impressive comeback rally of the past two days benefit the same S&P 500 sectors and industries as last summer’s two-month rally did? Jackie takes a look, isolating the most dramatic winners and losers of both. … And: GM and other companies are charging ahead on the development of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. In our ongoing coverage of disruptive technologies, we highlight some of their plans.