Even if he wants to tighten, David Rosenberg reminds us of the one reason why Ben Bernanke might find that impossible.
The reason — there is a wave of mortgage refinancings coming in the housing market for one, and not only that, but in the...
The market had already put together a few up-days in mid-March, but what really got the great v-shaped rally going was the announcement by Ben Bernanke that he would use his power to buy gobs of government and mortgage debt, in an attempt to lower...
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday banned overdraft fees on automated-teller-machine and debit-card transactions unless consumers have actively selected an overdraft protection service.
Congress quizzes the Fed on baseball, for some reason
EDMUND ANDREWS has an interesting New York Times story up, concerning the developing political savvy of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. There are some...
Three-year treasuries sold well today, fetching a yield of 1.404% and sparking a rally post-auction. The three-year's yield has hit about 1.35% right now according to Bloomberg.
Given that Ben Bernanke recently signaled his unwillingness to...
We're not sure this benchmark has the same psychic significance as, say "Dow 10,000" but gold has broken $1100/oz. Amazing run, no doubt.
Check out the spike on the green line.
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Bubbly Ben has engineered one of the most incredible liquidity driven rallies in the history of the stock market. The reflation trade, made famous by John Paulson, has been a huge...
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jim Rogers, global investor and author, says Bernanke should resign and close the Federal Reserve. Rogers also predicts what will happen to the dollar.
Mr. Bernanke made it clear in yesterday's rate decision that he wants to keep interest rates lower for longer.
Despite signs of economic recovery, he wants to see significant signs of improvement in unemployment as well, among other...
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