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Dallas Fed CEO Richard W. Fisher had some strong words against further monetary easing as a means of putting people back to work: But it is worrisomely clear that the task of putting millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans back to work will take an anguishing amount of time. I do not, however, feel that […]
In Bill Gross’ latest commentary, he wonders aloud who will buy Treasuries when the Fed stops QE2 at the end of June. What an unbiased observer must admit is that most of the publically issued $9 trillion of Treasury notes and bonds are now in the hands of foreign sovereigns and the Fed (60%) while […]
Wow – Dave Rosenberg writes today: Remember, there has been an 86% correlation between the movements in the Fed balance sheet and in the S&P 500 since the onset of QE two-years ago. Source: Breakfast With Dave Indeed, it took Bernanke one practice swing, but he got pretty good at this QE thing pretty fast…in […]
You’ve got to see it to believe it – Bernanke cites rising stock prices as evidence that QE2 was a success! Thus confirming what us armchair observers had suspected – the Fed is dedicated to keeping the stock market propped up – dollar and inflation be damned. John Mauldin had a great take on this […]
You know when socialist and libertarian politicians line up to battle a common enemy, something interesting is unfolding. Joining Ron Paul in his 30-year running assault on the Federal Reserve is Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont – the only senator who openly identifies as a socialist (hey, let’s give Bernie credit, at least he’s honest […]
Nice job here by our friend and correspondent Terry Coxon, who breaks down the QE math that the Fed faces. Believe it or not, there’s no free lunch, not even for the Fed. TANSTAAFL! —- The Long Swim – How the Fed Could Become Insolvent By Terry Coxon, Editor, The Casey Report You’ve seen the […]
Here’s a guest piece by Bud Conrad, who picks apart Bernanke’s latest follies, both at home and abroad, as he continues on his mission to devalue the US dollar in an effort to get the US economy jumpstarted again. (The only question in my mind is not around Bernanke’s motivations – we know them – […]
The Fed and “Plunge Protection Team”: Are They Manipulating Stocks? Rumors are, the U.S. government “is propping up the stock market.” by Elliott Wave International Out of thousands of questions recently submitted to us at Elliott Wave International, the most frequent one received is: “Can the Fed manipulate the stock market?” Read our expert’s answer […]
Is the Fed Sorry It Promised QE2? October 11, 2010 by Sy Harding, Editor of the Street Smart Report The Fed has had stocks and gold spiking up since early September, and the dollar plunging, first on hints that it might consider providing another round of ‘quantitative easing’ if the economic recovery continued to worsen, and […]
When can bad news be good news? Apparently when that bad news indicates the Fed will kickoff QE Part Deux! The loser jobs report from Friday has respondents to a new CNBC survey nearly certain that the Fed is going to step up to the plate in a big way come November. Following Friday’s disappointing […]
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