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ThinkstockAs we reach the midpoint in the year, we like to review the top stock calls from the major firms around Wall Street. The UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) Key Call list represents the top high...
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Courtesy EADS/AirbusFactory orders for the month of April have now been released from the Commerce Department. They were up 1.0%, short of the 1.4% expected by Bloomberg and short of the 1.5%...
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ThinkstockThe New York Federal Reserve branch’s Liberty Street Economics latest blog posting indicates that the New York Fed staff is targeting stronger growth and perhaps better prices ahead. The...
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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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Jon OggHigh yield investors have been chasing the attractive dividend payouts offered by the mortgage REIT sector for years and years now. Unlike the high payouts from telecom, tobacco, and utilities...
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ThinkstockThe Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted on Thursday to maintain the current economic stimulus plans. This is its version of quantitative easing, similar to what is being...
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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 may have released its Beige Book on Wednesday showing no real risks to quantitative easing and to the $85 billion per month used for buying bonds. Despite three weak...
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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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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve was set to release its minutes of the latest March 19 to 20 FOMC meeting at 2:00 p.m EST today but the report came out at 9:00 a.m. EST instead. The reason is that some...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThis will sound highly counterintuitive, but the extremely weak payrolls report from the Labor Department may in fact be good news for those who have wanted an...
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Jon OggJapan has confirmed what we already expected in that its version of quantitative easing is going to be massive. Depending on how it comes about, somewhere between $75 billion and $80 billion...
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Jon OggThe market is paying attention to Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart today regarding an end to quantitative easing. While some investors may be keying off of the “end of this year” in...
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ThinkstockFederal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin is speaking Friday at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition annual conference in Washington, D.C. She took office in 2010 and will have...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is often overlooked by economists and investors as being important in the national economic barometers. That might not be the case this year as Fed...
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