Tag: ben bernanke

The following article emphasizes that the perceived economic prosperity of recent decades is largely the result of political expediency. Those in charge of monetary policy...

By Chris Wrenn     Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve began easing with the goal of seeing the U.S. through a difficult economic landscape. By lowering rates and...

By Jeff Voudrie Yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced what many are calling QE3 (Quantitative Easing round 3). I guess we need QE3 because QE1...

By Andrew Nyquist I’m bored. Yep, that pretty much sums up the market action over the past few weeks. Little pockets of volatility and beta, but...

After breaking down through near-term trend line support, the S&P 500 backtested the trend line, failed, and moved lower. The setup calls for lower...

By Alex Salomon 1. Short and sweet yet arguably my most important finding of the week: I firmly believe that neither the ECB nor the Fed...

OMG, did he say QE may last forever? I feel like a school girl (or was that school boy? -- cue, Lloyd Christmas please).  Comments...

After two years of taking desperate measures to fight off a heavy handed recession, Mr. Bernanke’s reflation efforts are hitting his intended equity target...