What a Government Shut Down Means For The Fed and QE

What a Government Shut Down Means for The Fed How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver “It’s possible you could get some data that change the complexion of the outlook and could make the committee be comfortable with a small taper in October.” St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, one day after the Fed’s Read More →

What’s Next For The Fed? No Exit

What’s Next For the Fed – No Exit How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver “In the light of these uncertainties the committee decided to await for more evidence that the recovery’s progress will be sustained before adjusting the pace of asset purchases” Ben Shalom Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Thus spake Mr. Read More →

Taper Talk Back On- St. Louis Fed President James Bullard Speaks

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard Speaks How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard told Bloomberg News this morning that the Fed might taper its $85 billion a month Quantitative Easing (QE) program in October but they would need to see how the economic data looks. Read More →

The Recovery Has Reversed Course – Welcome to the Revocery

Welcome to the Recovery! How To Buy Gold How to Buy Silver Real Estate News The recovery that started in 2009 and never really progressed has reversed. The recovery is over. Welcome to the Revocery. QE- Recovery Medicine or Extension of Bailonomics? The current recovery was artificially born in 2009 from the ashes of the Read More →

The Fed: To Taper or Not To Taper – Podcast 8.22.13

To Taper or Not To Taper Cumulative Summary of the Fed’s Position on Tapering QE: “We need more of what didn’t work to make sure it’s working and we need more data and we said we would taper, so there, but no rush!” Summary Of Podcast Ryan and Louis discuss the initial jobless claims and Read More →

Can Central Banks Really Fix the Economy?- Podcast 8.15.13

Can Central Banks Fix the Economy? Summary of Podcast Ryan and Louis discuss the initial jobless claim data released this week. Louis points out that fewer people not losing their jobs is not the same as people getting jobs. Louis and Ryan discuss St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard’s recent statement on tapering and Read More →

Bernanke Tapers the Taper Talk

Yesterday in a question and answer session Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made it clear that the Fed’s dual mandate, one that includes maximum employment was not being met. Bernanke said that he was not satisfied with the employment situation because of underemployment and the low labor participation rate. He also noted that the unemployment Read More →

The King is Surrounded: Bernanke’s No Exit Dilemma

“To print or note to print that is the question;-Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of economic misfortune, or to print volumes against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?” Imaginary ruminations of Ben Bernanke Last week was a bad week for Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Read More →

Is the QE Trade Over for Gold and Silver?

Hard Assets Investor made the observation – The QE trade is over, noting that price fluctuations in gold have been disconnected from monetary policy for a while. As a practical trading matter, Hard Assets Investor is correct. It seems now QE (quantitative easing) impacts the bond, stock and real estate markets but not the gold Read More →

Fed Puts Markets on Notice:Possible Discontinuation of 24/7 Happy Hour

“Hitler will send no warning- so always carry your gas mask” – British Ministry of Home Security poster circa the Sitzkrieg* (October 1939-April 1940) The economy is already wearing an over sized Fed tailored suit and now the market is worried that the Fed might “taper” that suit. Here is what the Fed has already Read More →