[expat_panama]

don't see long term investments taking off until the Fed ends their insane easing policies

Don't know which policies you're talking about, they stopped buying mortgages and T-bills long ago.

[palmer]

As long as I see mortgages issued to Americans at inanely low rates, I’m going to assume the Fed it behind it somehow. They don’t need to buy the securities, then can, for exmaple, pay or coerce someone else to buy them.