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Daily Data Flow: Ben Bernanke Clarifies Fed Policy; U.S. Stocks Rally on Fed Flexibility; Gold Falls as the Dollar Rises
In comments made today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke advised that the bank’s current quantitative easing (QE) policy...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Fed Official’s Comments; U.S. Dollar Drops Against Euro; Inflation to Rise as Stimulus Slows
Stocks Fall on Fed Official's Comments (Bloomberg) Stocks fell on Tuesday, as the S&P 500 ended its longest winning...
Equities and Real Estate Trump Bonds and Commodities as Investments
LAS VEGAS--Astute stock pickers still have good investment opportunities, despite uncertainty about when the Fed will follow through...
Tax Policies, Excessive Debt Hurt Economic Growth
LAS VEGAS--Tepid economic growth is hampered by countries that impose punitive tax policies and engage in runaway deficit...
Daily Data Flow: New S&P 500 High, Gold Falls, A Fed President Calls for Tapering
New High for Standard and Poor 500 (Bloomberg) Financial stocks pushed the S&P 500 to a new record Friday,...
Eagle Eye Opener: Markets Bounce on Bernanke’s Quantitative Easing Promise; Microsoft Reorganizes; House to Discuss Food Stamps
Three Straight Days of Positive News Recoups $1 Trillion in Share Value (Bloomberg) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s...
Daily Data Flow: Record Day for Market Indices; Price of Gasoline to Spike; Dollar Falls on Fed’s QE Plans
Rising oil prices and peak driving season are expected to cause gasoline prices to jump up to 10...
Eagle Eye Opener: Ben Bernanke as Caesar; Debt of U.S. vs. Japan’s Stimulus; Military Exercise Could Benefit Japanese Market
Hail Bernanke: A Modern Day Caesar (Reuters) At this point, about the only difference between Federal Reserve Chairman...
Daily Data Flow: Stock Market Rally Grinds to a Halt after Fed Minutes; U.S. Dollar Falls Against Euro; Ben Bernanke States Fed’s Goal
Several days of strong growth ended Wednesday when the Standard & Poor 500 Index rose less than 0.1%....
Eagle Eye Opener: Mortgage Rate Rise Could Boost Sales; Apple’s iPhone Cut Dire for Earnings; Verizon to Replace Copper-Wire Network
Mortgage Rate Increases Lead to Near-Term Sales Spike… Wait, What? (CNBC) With mortgage rates soaring a full point...