interest rates

When 'too big to fail' becomes 'too big for their own good  -- and ours.'
The firm recently announced that it will introduce an ETF based on its Total Return Fund.
We will see if the recent ISM report is corroborated by two regional Fed surveys and industrial production.
Where do new voting and non-voting members stand on easing?
With China's interest rates loosening, there are plenty of stocks to own.
The central bank needs to step in now, not in December, to show some leadership.
Avoid banks, short asset managers and buy life insurers.
It isn’t that the market is bad, but it is volatile and highly focused on headlines out of Europe.  
Everyone expects the Fed's Operation Twist to bolster the markets and the economy, but I have my doubts.
He can keep financing the Treasury at low levels, and business can borrow cheaply.

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| May 16, 2012
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