FOMC Chair Ben Bernanke surprised me (and apparently, quite a few others) by slashing both the Fed Funds Rate and the Discount Rate 50...
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I guess this just couldn’t wait until tomorrow: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has issued the following press...
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This will be my last Easy Al post for the foreseeable future (you can see yesterday’s Greenspan Media Blitz! here) From...
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The Greenspan full court press is upon us: I only caught part of yesterday’s Leslie Stahl interview (late Jet game + Tivo = partial...
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With the FOMC meeting tomorrow, equity traders are hoping for a half point rate cut. According to Barron’s Econoday, the Fed Fund...
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Über-bear Doug Kass outlines his views on why, regardless of what the Fed’s actions are this week, their impact on equities will...
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I am traveling today, but filling in today with a special guest post is Jack McHugh:> Stocks took some positive news on the credit...
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Excellent conversation last night — no politics, great debate and lots of varied (i.e., Bullish/Bearish) opinions. It has...
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I love a capella, and enjoy a good economic parody. So how could I not love the Richter Scales ode to the 2007 credit crunch, sub-prime...
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Now that the currency traders have weighed in on the Fed Cut, perhaps a rate cut is not the salve many are hoping / begging for. With Oil...
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