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courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveThe bond market and stock market have both been anxiously awaiting the announcement from the FOMC and a conference from Ben Bernanke after the Fed’s two-day meeting....
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Jon OggInvestors may be overthinking the outcome of when, not if, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are going to start winding down or tapering the $85 billion in monthly bond buying. Again, when...
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ThinkstockDidn’t Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony on Wednesday morning intend to calm fears that the bond buying was going to come to a quick end, or even a quick tapering off of activity?...
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ThinkstockFederal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking today in testimony to Congress. While all heads were turned to watch Bernanke’s hints and intonations, we do not expect to see any major...
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ThinkstockBen Bernanke and the Federal Open Market Committee are leaving the near-zero rate policy flat at 0.00% to 0.25% for Fed Funds. That was expected and is expected to remain in place for some...
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Jon OggThe Federal Reserve release its Beige Book on Wednesday, and it seems as though Ben Bernanke and Fed presidents are trying to hint more and more that the end of the Fed’s bond buying and...
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ThinkstockA speech from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard is giving some support for bonds, and it may offer some continued support for equities, as both stocks and bonds are...
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courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveThe less things change, the more time everyone has to speculate about what might happen if things do change. As expected, the Federal Reserve’s FOMC today announced...
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courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveFed Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared this afternoon at an event at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy that was billed as a “conversation.” He...
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Jon OggFederal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking at the New York Economic Club today in New York City. While Bernanke is promising to keep rates and policy easy for quite some time, Bernanke...
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It was expected that there would be no change in the interest rate policy from the Federal Open Market Committee today. In fact, it was not even all that expected that any great revelations would be...
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The eurozone bailout approval and the coming announcement (or continued hint) of additional quantitative easing from the FOMC is not adding to the banks at the current time. We saw a “Sell the...
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Consumers boosted their spending in July by a seasonally adjusted 0.4%, according to the latest Commerce Department data. That was the biggest gain in five months, as aftertax incomes continued to...
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Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, was speaking today at a town hall meeting with teachers about the importance of financial education. Today was more broad and the notes do not...
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U.S. stocks are set to open higher on the final day of July. All three indexes are expected to post mild gains for the month. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up about 0.2%. S&P...
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