Sometimes words speak louder than actions. That has certainly been the case lately with the Fed hinting that it may taper off asset purchases by the end of this year.
On Wednesday, Fed Chairman Bernanke said the Federal Reserve would...
Despite the recent weakness, the broad market has displayed a fair amount of resilience in the face of rising interest rates and falling commodity prices. The charts even leave us with some hope that there will be one more rally to new...
Stocks have reached record levels thanks in large part to a coordinated central bank stimulus. The current financial market-led recovery is unlike previous recoveries in that the economy, unlike the stock market, has been painfully slow...
Stocks have reached record levels thanks in large part to a coordinated central bank stimulus. The current financial market-led recovery is unlike previous recoveries in that the economy, unlike the stock market, has been painfully slow...
The investment story of the year to date is the central bank-led financial market recovery. While everyone is aware of the impact the Fed’s $85 billion-a-month asset purchases is having on stocks, few investors realize that central banks...
The latest fear on Wall Street is that record levels of margin debt may end up toppling the stock market rally.
We often hear investors complain of financial markets (and the gold market in particular) being “rigged” or manipulated. The sad yet somewhat humorous tale of Henry Gribbohm recently brought this accusation to life. The 30-year-old...
Bull and bear markets don’t just happen – they’re created by the Federal Reserve. While few investors dispute the power that Fed interest rate policy has on the market, the extent to which it influences the direction of stock prices in...
One of investors’ biggest fears over the Fed’s monetary stimulus (QE3) is that it will cause runaway inflation. While there are reasons for believing this fear could come to pass in the years following the upcoming 120-year cycle bottom...
The cyclical recovery that began in March 2009 has been impressive but is getting long in the tooth. Investors wonder when it will end, and while this can’t be known with precision there are signs that its terminus isn’t far away.