Since the Fed is part of the government, that makes sense.
When foreign governments buy US Treasury Notes, is it their Central Bank or is it their Government?
Do they pay from the right pocket, or the left?
It is supposed that in the bowels of the FED that they may have secretly intervened in limited stock purchased, but this would allow hedge fund (managers) to make a killing too,
Hedge funds wouldn't sell to the government?
However, you were technically and factually correct - the Federal Reserve is not supposed to trade private stocks, however, they might be coordinating that activity. I was completely off in my line of thinking and people at FR like you keep the integrity of the forum. Thanks for correcting a long misconception in my own mind on this subject.