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What You Should Do While the Fed Hedges Its Bets

Guest Post by Investment Contrarians Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to the House Financial Services Committee last Wednesday, and…

The curious failure of the Money Multiplier effect and Ben Bernanke’s likely legacy

A few years after the Federal Reserve cut  key interest rates to record low levels, and having implemented three massive…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex – 19/07/13

European equities have opened softer this morning in sympathy of an overnight slide in Asia and with large-cap tech missing estimates…

Zak Mir on Amoeba’s, tweets galore and running profits – The Real Name Of The Game

Today’s chart pattern on the FTSE 100 reminded me precisely why those who are trading the markets do it. It…

Why the Easy-Money Markets Will Soon End

Guest Post by Investment Contrarians  It seems like every day we’re seeing the stock market advance higher, which makes me…

Afternoon comment courtesy of Spreadex

Ben Bernanke is due to continue his latest testimony today at 15:00 BST, and no doubt investors will be hoping…

Just who is the Fed kidding with their inflation rate?

  Austrian economists’ nemesis and Fed Chairman “Helicopter” Ben Bernanke certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons a few weeks…

Overnight roundup courtesy of Spreadex

European stocks are seen opening marginally lower as investors digest comments from the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke pledged…