Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.7 from 7.9 Percent: Is QE Over? Unemployment rate drops to the lowest level in 4 years. Yesterday the unemployment report showed the U.S. economy is gaining strength. The U.S. economy added 236,000 jobs last month, according to the Labor Department report released Friday. The January data was revised down from…
Fed Announces More Bond Buying At December 2012 Meeting But Rally Fades: One day after the Federal Open Market Committee announced it would be buying more bonds (QE4?), the stock market rally that began with a jump in the markets on the day of the announcement faded. After Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke…
September 2012 Rally Turns Rangebound As Traders Look For New Opportunities and The Possibility Of QE4? Stocks fell slightly today on no major news as traders look for new support levels after the Fed promised to inject more stimulus into the U.S economy. The S&P 500 traded in a tight range today as traders look…
Fed QE3 Helps Extend September 2012 Rally, 7 Things To Look For Next: Ben Bernanke last week announced a new QE3 program which helped keep the September 2012 rally alive. Short sellers are jumping right back to their traditional talking points stressing the lift in stocks won’t continue. Do they have it right? The Fed…
Fed Implements QE3, Ben Bernanke “Gets To Work”: Is The “Romney Rally” Over? The Federal Reserve Bank has ended the debate over QE3. It’s here. Ben Bernanke has given the markets what they wanted. The Fed will be buying up to $40 billion in bonds each month. This is good news for equities and it…
