monetary policy

Source: Diane Fraser of The Gold Report 10/13/2010 Carlsbad is several hundred miles south of Sutter's Mill, but the experts and investors who gathered for Casey Research's recent Gold Summit were just as enthusiastic about the precious…

Highlights The US dollar remains soft, but within yesterday’s trading ranges, as the market awaits Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke’s speech early in the North American session (8:15 EST/12:15 GMT) on “Monetary Policy Objectives and…

by Comstock Partners For the third time in a little more than ten years Wall Street has embraced a dubious narrative to drive the market higher in the face of crumbling fundamentals. In early 2000 the conventional wisdom discarded over a…

There hasn't actually been any "QE".   You've simply had the promise of QE2 and some attempts within the market to front run the actual implementation of the policy.  In reality, QE per se has nothing to do with the…

Topic of the Day: Foreclosures Since we haven't really covered the foreclosure crisis here, I will use today's links to point you to some articles on the topic. Hopefully this gives you a comprehensive look into what is happening.…

The U.S. Senate will pass legislation geared to pressuring China to revalue its currency and the US is set to label China a currency manipulator. The view in Washington ahead of the mid-terms is that China is "the bad guy" as Paul…

Highlights The US dollar is getting punished; suffering steep broad based losses today.  The spark that has driven the euro and sterling through their recent caps near $1.40 and $1.60 respectively, the Australian dollar, Swiss franc…

The interesting thing about this clip is that Paul Krugman is probably right: you need trillions of printed dollars to get the stimulative effect the Federal Reserve is looking for. Ambrose Evans Pritchard was talking about taking the Fed's…

A well-regarded US-based equity analyst had this to say about the preceding chart: Here’s a surprising tidbit: if the S&P 500 Index were to finish lower today, it would mark the 10th negative performance in the last 16 sessions.…

From Win Thin FOMC minutes from September 21 meeting was surprisingly dovish.  FOMC members thought that additional accommodation may be “appropriate before long” and seemed to lower the bar for further action.  During his…