Did Fed Give Investors Good News, Or Bad?

What must you know about the latest Fed statement before you place your next bet?

Wall Street breathed a collective sign of relief after the Fed said it would use all policy tools if needed to bolster a sluggish economic recovery at the conclusion of its one day policy meeting.

Also noteworthy for investors, the Fed underscored its concerns over slowing inflation in its statement on Tuesday, saying the underlying rate of inflation was below levels consistent with its mandate for price stability and full employment.

"This sets the table for QE (quantitative easing) in November or December should it be necessary. They are now outlining the key rationale for that -- low inflation, high unemployment," speculates Eric Green of TD Securities in a Reuters interview.

What should you make of it?

Instant Insights with the Fast Money traders

I’m concerned by the action I saw in the Treasurys post Fed statement, says Joe Terranova. They caught a bid and that may be a negative sign for equities. Essentially the Fed told us the economic outlook is in question. That makes me wonder about the next batch of corporate earnings.

The fact that they don’t feel they need to worry about inflation suggests to me they can throw everything at this problem should they need to, muses Tim Seymour.

In the near term the Fed makes me dollar negative, explains Marc Chandler of Brown Brothers. Find out why. Watch the video now.

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Trader disclosure: On September 21st, 2010, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC’s Fast Money were owned by the Fast Money traders; Seymour owns (AAPL); Adami owns (AGU), (BTU), (NUE), (GS), (C), (INTC), (MSFT); Adami’s wife works at Merck; Terranova Owns (APA), (AAPL), (ARUN), (BMO), (C), (DO), (EOG), (FCX), (FTO), (XBI), (GS), (HES), (IBM), (JOYG), (MA), (NBR), (NOV), (OXY), (ORCL), (PEP), (POT), (RSH), (GLD), (SLB), (SU), (SPLS), (RIG), (UPL), (VRTS)

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