Plan for ‘Disappointment’ From Bernanke: Analyst

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke won’t likely announce a third round of quantitative easing, Wells Fargo equity strategist Gina Martin Adams said Tuesday on CNBC.

“I think we’re more likely going to be disappointed than really excited by what Bernanke has to say. The precedent set by 2012 so far is a lot of talk, not a lot of action, and quite frankly that’s working with the housing market numbers,” she said on “Fast Money.” “It’s working for Bernanke.”

Adams said it was time to go defensive in a market that was “a little too excited about QE” and faces a lot of policy risks in the next six months.

“The consumer’s doing OK. The market is testing its 2012 highs, and we’ve had a pretty good first half of the year. Inflation is right around 2 percent,” she said. “I think the Fed case to do QE3 is pretty weak right now.”

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