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Federal Reserve ’
Nov 4th, 2009 |
By Andrew Snyder |
Category: Notes From the Investment Underground
Baltimore (TFN): The Fed is meeting today. And I ask who cares? At this point, Bernanke and his troupe of politicians masquerading as economists are in so far over their heads, no matter what they do or say, you can bet the move is designed to protect their butts, not yours.
Tags: American Interest, Andrew Snyder, Bernanke, Butts, Buying Spree, Career Suicide, carry trade, Downturn, Economists, Federal Reserve, Global Economy, Guandong Province, Hard Time, Headliner, health care, Kicker, Mortgage Backed Securities, Santa Claus, Santa Clause, Saudi Oil, Shoulders, Tfn, Tooth Fairy, Trillion, Youngsters
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Oct 8th, 2009 |
By Bill Bonner |
Category: Politics & Economics
Yesterday was another exciting day on Wall Street. The Dow rose 131 points…and gold shot up $25 to a new record, $1043.
Tags: Bill Bonner, Budget Deficit, Cash for Clunkers, Economic Depression, Federal Reserve, gold, Gold Prices, President Obama, unemployment crisis, US economy, US housing crisis
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Oct 6th, 2009 |
By Chuck Butler |
Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading
Pandora’s Box of rate hikes is opened! Is the dollar being removed from oil trades? Deficits do matter, eh? Gold heads toward its all-time high…And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Australian Dollar, BRIC Nations, British pound, Canadian Loonie, Chuck Butler, Crude Oil Prices, euro, Federal Reserve, gold, Gold Prices, oil, silver, Swiss Franc, TARP, US debt, US dollar, yen
Posted in US Dollar & Forex Trading |
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Oct 6th, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Billionaire investor George Soros said yesterday (Monday) that the U.S. recovery would be a slow one because of all the “basically bankrupt” financial companies impeding it.
Tags: AIG, BAC, Bank Stocks, Ben Bernanke, Citigroup, Federal Reserve, Junichiro Koizumi, LEHMQ, Martin Hutchinson, NMR, US Banking
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Oct 2nd, 2009 |
By Mike Caggeso |
Category: Financial News
Kenneth D. Lewis There are many ways to view Kenneth Lewis’ eight-year reign as Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) chief executive, but two seem to hold the most landscape.
Tags: BAC, Banking Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Citigroup, Federal Reserve, GS, Hank Paulson, JPM, LEHMQ, Martin Hutchinson, Mike Caggeso, SCHW, TARP, US Banking, US housing crisis
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Oct 2nd, 2009 |
By Chuck Butler |
Category: US Dollar & Forex Trading
The dollar remains well bid…G-7 to hand currencies off to G-20? Car Sales collapse…Auditing the Lehman cash movements…And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Tags: Australian Dollar, British pound, Canadian Loonie, Cars for Clunkers, Chuck Butler, euro, Federal Reserve, GRM, Swiss Franc, Unemployment Rate, US dollar, US economy, US stocks, yen
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Oct 1st, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Investment banks have gotten fat off the land since 1982, when the great U.S. bull market got its start. Their business has multiplied many-fold, and their earnings have soared into the stratosphere, to a level far higher than any other sector.
Tags: bull market, Chrysler, Citigroup, CS, DB, Federal Reserve, GRM, GS, JPM, LEHMQ, Martin Hutchinson, MS, US auto industry
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Sep 28th, 2009 |
By Bob Blandeburgo |
Category: Stock Market Investing
Stocks moved lower for the third consecutive day on Friday, something that hasn’t happened in more than three weeks, as the bulls just couldn’t capitalize on a short-term overbought condition. Measures of selling pressure eased as the bears rested their knuckles after a two-day pummeling.
Tags: BAC, EWA, Federal Reserve, index etf, ITB, Jon D. Markman, mining stocks, Treasury debt, TXT, Ubs, XLI, XLU, XLV, XME
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Sep 25th, 2009 |
By Martin Hutchinson |
Category: Politics & Economics
In their official statement Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers said they “continue to anticipate that economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the Federal Funds Rate for an extended period.”
Tags: commodities prices, Federal Reserve, gold, inflation, invest in gold, Martin Hutchinson, silver, US dollar, US economy, US stocks
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