Fed Will Taper But Don’t Expect A Crash

Speculation is growing whether the Federal Reserve will start tapering tomorrow at the Wednesday September 18th FOMC meeting. By tapering we’re talking about scaling back on the Fed’s $85 billion dollar a month bond buying program which began in November 2008, and arguably has kept the economy and stock market…

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3 Nasty Surprises That Could Happen This Week

One of the most important lessons we learn as traders is that we must be suspicious of the crowd. When everybody is expecting the same outcome, chances are the opposite usually happens. So here are three surprises we should expect this week. This could turn out “nasty” if you’re on…

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Bond Yields Are Headed Near 4%, Says Ex-Goldman Sachs Chief Economist

According to Goldman Sachs’s former chief economist Jim O’Neill, Bond yields are headed near 4% and not even Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke can stop the “inevitable shock” that’s coming. O’Neill was writing an op/ed column for Bloomberg on Wednesday, entitled, “Can Bernanke avoid a meltdown in the bond market?” He…

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Fed Will Begin Reducing Bond Purchases In September Say Economists

According to a recent poll, almost 67% of U.S. economists think the Federal Reserve will start to retreat from its huge bond-buying programme (or Quantitative Easing) in the final months of 2013. Nearly one third of those who expect the Fed to reduce bond purchases believe the bank will begin…

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