Topic: Ben Bernanke

No matter one’s perspective, we are unable to consider current market conditions vibrant or robust.   Read More

Weekly jobless claims is the big number for markets Thursday, as Greece edges closer to a rescue package.   Read More

The slow progress in Greece’s debt talks will hang over markets Wednesday, as investors also watch one of the last big blasts of the quarter’s earnings news.   Read More

For one time in a row Fed head Ben Bernanke got the story right. No, it wasn’t King Dollar. It was taxes.    Read More

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to repeat his case Tuesday for a long period of low rates, and he’ll keep markets guessing about whether the Fed will do more quantitative easing.   Read More

“There’s no fear in this market right now. They’ve absolutely crushed volatility,” one options trader said. In the week ahead, traders will be watching testimony from Bernanke and earnings from Coke, Disney & more.   Read More

“We do not want higher inflation and we’re not tolerating higher inflation,” Fed chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday. In a way, that’s true. Washington is exporting higher inflation , which it does not want, to the emerging world, which must tolerate it. And Brussels has joined in.    Read More

The main ingredient to the economic recovery, aside from stabilization in housing, is a healthy increase in incomes.   Read More

The euro has been moving higher even without a deal sealed for Greek debt, but this strategist says it's time to check out.   Read More

The euro has had a nice run in the last two weeks, but this strategist thinks the party is just about over.   Read More