It’s funny how things in the market turn on the proverbial dime. Just last week the market was on a high over the Fed decision to hold off on any tapering of its bond-buying program. Immediately following the news on Sept. 18, stocks vaulted to new all-time highs. Then the focus shifted on just […]

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The Post-Fed Paralysis Last week’s surprise Fed decision to hold off on any “tapering” of its $85-billion-per-month bond-buying scheme caused a lot of dislocation in the financial markets. First there was the big spike higher in stocks, bonds and gold prices immediately following the news. Then just a couple of days later there was some

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There are big changes underway at the world’s most powerful central bank. The Federal Reserve will almost certainly “taper,” and eventually end, its current $85-billion-per-month bond-buying program during the course of the next year or so. Despite the September decision to keep the monetary foot on the gas, the eventual end of quantitative easing, or […]

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Market Forecast 9/24/2013 Last week’s surprise Fed decision to hold off on any “tapering” of its $85-billion-per-month bond-buying scheme caused a lot of dislocation in the financial markets. First there was the big spike higher in stocks, bonds and gold prices immediately following the news. Then just a couple of days later there was some

  On Wednesday morning, nearly everyone on Wall Street was wondering how much the Fed would “taper” its current $85-billion-per-month bond buying scheme. Then about 2 p.m. Eastern we found out that there would be no tapering at all. The market was very, very surprised to hear this news, and the result ushered in the […]

The Fed Holds off on Tapering Nearly everyone on Wall Street pretty much thought the Fed would do some sort of “tapering” of its current $85-billion-per-month bond buying scheme when it announced its decision on monetary policy today. Well, nearly everyone was wrong. The Fed defied most expectations today and kept its foot on the