Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy - Long Island Press

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy
Long Island Press
The program was dubbed QE2 – not for the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner but as short-hand for “quantitative easing.” It's the wonky term economists use for a tool the Fed can use to drive down long-term interest rates. It does so by buying Treasury bonds. ...

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy - nwitimes.com

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy
nwitimes.com
The program was dubbed QE2 _ not for the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner but as short-hand for "quantitative easing." It's the wonky term economists use for a tool the Fed can use to drive down long-term interest rates. It does so by buying Treasury bonds. ...

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy - Daily News - Galveston County

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy
Daily News - Galveston County
The program was dubbed QE2 — not for the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner but as short-hand for "quantitative easing." That's the wonky term economists use for a tool the Fed can use to drive down long-term interest rates. It does so by buying Treasury ...

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy - Forbes

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy
Forbes
The program was dubbed QE2 - not for the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner but as short-hand for "quantitative easing." That's the wonky term economists use for a tool the Fed can use to drive down long-term interest rates. It does so by buying Treasury ...

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy - TheNewsTribune.com

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Fed's soon-to-end bond buying likely aided economy
TheNewsTribune.com
The program was dubbed QE2 - not for the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner but as short-hand for "quantitative easing." It's the wonky term economists use for a tool the Fed can use to drive down long-term interest rates. It does so by buying Treasury bonds. ...

Federal Reserve's Bond-Buying Program Likely Helped Economy - Huffington Post

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Federal Reserve's Bond-Buying Program Likely Helped Economy
Huffington Post
The program was dubbed QE2 – not for the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner but as short-hand for "quantitative easing." It's the wonky term economists use for a tool the Fed can use to drive down long-term interest rates. It does so by buying Treasury bonds. ...

Monday, June 20, 2011

No Fed News Is Good News for Mortgage REITs - Barron's

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No Fed News Is Good News for Mortgage REITs
Barron's
In November, the $600 billion in Treasury purchases dubbed QE2 was launched, and now that ship is due back in its slip by month's end. Now, the interest-rate futures markets are predicting an increase in the FOMC's federal-funds rate target all the way ...

Fiscal Manipulation - Jutia Group

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Fiscal Manipulation
Jutia Group
After all, Bernanke instituted QE2 only after deciding that the system was too weak to stand on its own. The treatment has always been in front of our very eyes—sound money in a healthy economy. Instead, we relied on the economists for fiat cures. ...

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Fiscal Manipulation - Business Insider

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Fiscal Manipulation
Business Insider
After all, Bernanke instituted QE2 only after deciding that the system was too weak to stand on its own. The treatment has always been in front of our very eyes—sound money in a healthy economy. Instead, we relied on the economists for fiat cures. ...

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Fiscal Manipulation - NASDAQ

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Fiscal Manipulation
NASDAQ
After all, Bernanke instituted QE2 only after deciding that the system was too weak to stand on its own. The treatment has always been in front of our very eyes-sound money in a healthy economy. Instead, we relied on the economists for fiat cures. ...

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Fiscal Manipulation - International Business Times

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Fiscal Manipulation
International Business Times
After all, Bernanke instituted QE2 only after deciding that the system was too weak to stand on its own. The treatment has always been in front of our very eyes-sound money in a healthy economy. Instead, we relied on the economists for fiat cures. ...

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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Positive Retail Sales Report Belies Market Truth - NuWire Investor

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Positive Retail Sales Report Belies Market Truth
NuWire Investor
This 6 month decline in the rate of growth of real retail sales suggests that the stimulus driven recovery is ending. If I am right, the numbers should turn negative in July after the Fed ends QE2. That ship has sailed. Changes in the annual growth ...

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Signs of a Bear Market in Stocks as QE2 Draws to a Close - BullionVault

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Signs of a Bear Market in Stocks as QE2 Draws to a Close
BullionVault
For all the horror being expressed at the German idea that everyone would be better off if we were to torpedo this ship of fools — writing off irrecoverable debts, cleaning up the books, recapitalizing, and moving on — we suspect that the Lusitania ...

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It looks like the Fed's QE cruise has docked - Globe and Mail

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It looks like the Fed's QE cruise has docked
Globe and Mail
CNBC's hosts were having too much fun blasting a fog horn each time they talked about the Fed, a play on the cruise ship known affectionately by the same name. QE2 stuck, and almost every day since the Fed committee announced the asset purchase program ...

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Global Investing: Why Slowing Down Makes Sense - Minyanville.com

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Global Investing: Why Slowing Down Makes Sense
Minyanville.com
... better known as QE2, I'm reminded of a real-world lesson taught to me by the other QE2—the boat variety—in the summer of 1992. Back then, within eyesight and earshot of the little island where we hang our summer hat, the luxury über-ocean liner was ...