Tag: Fed
Tim Geithner’s Stress Test: Can the Government Do No Wrong?
Most Austrian economists argue that the best response to the 2008 financial crisis was to “do nothing.”
How You Could Be Making the Most of the Recent Sell-off
If you had never looked at a chart of any of the major stock market indices before and...
How the Fed Affects GDP
I think what today’s GDP print tells us is that the Federal Reserve will almost certainly continue the...
Investment Bears Warn of Fed Policy Fallout
LAS VEGAS--Easy-money Fed policies should steer investors away from equities and the U.S. dollar and toward buying the...
Do Janet Yellen and the Fed Get The Economy?
Time and time again, I am amazed at how the “smart money” and those supposedly in the know...
How You Can Take Part in the ETF Revolution
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) revolution is here, and I want my name to be synonymous with this rapid...
Released Fed Minutes Spur Stocks
Today, the U.S. Federal Reserve's late-April meeting minutes were released, indicating that Fed officials believe continued stimulus does...
Fed Continues Taper, Stocks Rise
Thanks to today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve has decided to continue its current...
How the Slow-Growing Market Reacted to the Federal Reserve’s Decision
If you’ve ever been caught up in a case of really bad timing, then you probably know what...
Bank of America Botches Stress Test, Investors Lose out
The U.S. Federal Reserve ordered BAC to forget its plans to buy back shares from its investors and...