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By Phil Flynn |
June 18, 2013
Who's afraid of the big bad Fed? Oil traders, that’s who! Oil succumbed to the rising dollar after homebuilder confidence hit the highest level in seven years.
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank needs to begin cutting back on its unprecedented asset purchases and move toward stopping them altogether.
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By Jeff Kearns, Bloomberg |
June 7, 2013
The Federal Reserve says it will keep buying bonds until the labor market has “improved substantially,” without defining the phrase. Officials may have adopted a threshold nevertheless, say two former Fed economists.
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By Jeff Kearns and Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg |
June 5, 2013
The economy expanded at a “modest to moderate” pace in 11 of 12 Federal Reserve districts, with broad-based gains ranging from business services to construction and manufacturing, the central bank said today.
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By John Brynjolfsson |
June 4, 2013
"Taper" is certainly the buzzword of the month for May. With yields showing signs of strengthening amid poor economic reports, the question becomes, "Can the Fed taper up?"
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By Sofia Horta e Costa and Nikolaj Gammeltoft, Bloomberg |
June 3, 2013
U.S. stocks fluctuated between gains and losses as investors weighed whether a report showing an unexpected contraction in manufacturing will bolster the likelihood the Federal Reserve maintains stimulus measures.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 24, 2013
Can you taper up? Oil Prices rebounded after a big fall in part because of a misunderstanding. Apparently you can taper up as well as taper down in what I guess you can call the tale of the taper.
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By Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
May 24, 2013
Gold traders are the most bullish in a month after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled record stimulus will continue until the economy improves.
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By J.W. Jones |
May 23, 2013
Instead of trying to determine how or when the Federal Reserve will taper or end their monetary experiment, we wanted to juxtapose statements that were made today with the actual facts. Readers can draw their own conclusions.
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By James Ramelli |
May 23, 2013
With most of the Fed members still in Bernanke’s corner and the pattern of dip buying this year, many traders may look at this sell-off as an opportunity to buy into this market. What is the most effective way they can do so?
