Tag: qe

The Fed added Quantitative Easing (QE) to its monetary policy toolbox in 2008. At the time, the financial system was imploding. Fed Chair Ben Bernanke...

“The process by which money is created is so simple that the mind is repelled.” – JK Galbraith By formally announcing quantitative easing (QE) infinity on March...

“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said.”  – Alan Greenspan Imagine if Federal...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet.” – Juliet Capulet in Romeo and Juliet by...

A Question for Every Investor Recently we received the following question from a subscriber: “If a correction in the stock or bond markets comes, the Central...

It has been eight years since the great financial crisis of 2008, and the Federal Reserve (Fed) is still maintaining an unprecedented level of...

January may go down as the month Mr. Market refused to “Respect Our Stimuli” and started the stroll towards price discovery. Efforts by the...

“It’s self-defeating to use the wrong monetary policy.” -Ben Bernanke What is productivity? The Federal Reserve’s flawed growth benchmark Excessive monetary policy is crushing productivity The prescription for...

“Most of my colleagues and I anticipate that it will likely be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate sometime...

The Echoing Conundrum “With the Federal Reserve (Fed) conducting their regularly scheduled FOMC meeting this Wednesday, we point out an interesting contrast between the current...