So the Federal Reserve Board has made it official. This is the end of quantitative easing. It’s quits for QE. Bond buying has gone bye bye. Quantitative easing has been…
Repeat After Me: The Economy Is Improving. The Economy Is Improving.
If you repeat something often enough, you may even start to believe it. So try this phrase: “The economy is improving. The economy is improving. The economy is improving.” Certainly,…
Satan Is a High-Frequency Trader
Satan is now firmly in control of the markets. No, we’re not talking about Ben Bernanke, aka Edward Quince. His time has passed. We’re talking about a high-frequency trader who…
Too Much Interest in Interest Rates
There has been much market panic of late over the possibility that the Federal Reserve Board will be raising interest rates sometime in the not-too-distant future. Small cap stocks were…
Now Bad News Is Bad News
With the end of quantitative easing due to take place next month, reality may once again have an impact on financial markets. Since QE began more than five years ago,…
The Economy Is Booming – For the Repo Man
“Credit is a sacred trust, it’s what our free society is founded on. Do you think they give a damn about their bills in Russia?” …
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Isn’t summer supposed to be the time when life slows down and the world takes a vacation? That may be the case for some of us, but the despots of…