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The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Holds His Ground As expected, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds rate steady at 2%. What does the future of interest rates means for you? |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
The Daily Walk of Shame: The Fed The real economy versus the Federal Reserve. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 |
Why Mortgage Rates Rise and Fall Remember that the money markets themselves (basic supply and demand for money at each price point) exert the biggest influence over interest rates, though the Fed is a big influence on market expectations. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Somebody Please Tell Bernanke to Relax Interest-rate cuts won't get us out of this mess. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Matt Koppenheffer |
Bumbling Bernanke? I Don't Think So A lot of people seem to think Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has no idea what he's doing. Does he or not? |
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke's Out of Bullets Ben Bernanke has spent the past year and a half firing as many bullets as possible to prop up the economy. After lowering the target on the Fed funds rate to a range of zero to 0.25%, he's finally out of ammunition. |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 |
Mortgage-Rate Mojo Ever wonder what causes mortgage rates to rise and fall? Well, know that they fluctuate along with other interest rates. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
How the Fed Rescues Markets Lower interest rates support stock prices in several ways. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Will Rate Cuts Kill the Housing Market? The latest rate cut from the Federal Reserve was again good news for the stock market. Unlike the last several Fed moves, however, this one didn't make mortgage borrowers cheer. Read on to see why. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Merrill Wants Its Bubble Back, Too The investing bigwig longs for the return of astronomical housing prices. |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The Next Unsustainable Asset Bubble As long as the first response to any financial stress is a quick infusion of cheap money, the formation of the next bubble is a virtual certainty. |
InternetNews August 28, 2007 Paul Shread |
Stocks Plunge as Fed Fuels Fears Falling home prices and consumer confidence sent stocks plunging on Tuesday, but the Federal Reserve did even more damage with the release of its meeting minutes. |
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Rich Miller |
Kid Gloves At The Fed As Alan Greenspan gets ready to lead the Fed through another tightening, the dangers posed by a financial backlash are much greater than they were a decade ago. |
InternetNews March 27, 2006 Paul Shread |
Techs Edge Higher Ahead of Fed Tech stocks edged higher Monday ahead of the first Federal Reserve meeting under new chairman Ben Bernanke... Blue chips spent the day under water... Foundry Networks gained on an upgrade... etc. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Bernanke Doesn't Budge Bernanke holds rates steady. Here's why that was a good idea. |
IndustryWeek February 1, 2006 Michael K. Evans |
Evans On The Economy: Gentle Ben? The Federal Reserve's incoming chairman confronts a choice: Suffer now or later? |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Caplinger & Bylund |
Who's More to Blame: Ben Bernanke or Credit Derivatives? March Madness series: The derivatives that are behind this debacle have been around a lot longer than the three years that Bernanke has headed the Fed. Are they to blame? Or should Ben Bernanke have been more direct in calling for changes to be made? |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
How the Federal Reserve Lost Its War Every battle is won or lost before it is fought. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 |
Explaining Stock Market Gyrations Learn how the folks at the Fed influence the stock market. |
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Bernanke's Done, Finally Stocks and the economy shouldn't expect any more help from the Fed. |
Entrepreneur September 2008 Rosalind Resnick |
The Going Rate Think long-term when it comes to refinancing. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Back-Rub Ben and the Feel-Good Fed The latest Federal Reserve minutes imply the motivation for the interest rate cut was to soothe jittery markets. |
BusinessWeek February 6, 2006 James C. Cooper |
U.S.: Bernanke May Have His Work Cut Out For Him If the economy doesn't cool down, interest rates could go higher than investors expect. |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Peter Coy |
A Friend Of Ben With A Bold Idea Frederic Mishkin thinks the Fed should cut rates quickly if home prices tumble. |
InternetNews November 26, 2007 Paul Shread |
Credit Woes Send Stocks Skidding Again A better than expected start to the holiday shopping season was good for all of a 30-minute rally Monday before credit and housing market concerns sent stocks plunging once again... VMware lost on negative comments... Shanda Interactive posted gains... etc. |
BusinessWeek August 20, 2007 James C. Cooper |
The Fed Won't Give The Markets A Break Amid inflation pressures, Bernanke isn't ready for a preemptive rate cut. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Has Bernanke Lost His Marbles? Looks like the Fed will run the printing press until we run out of trees. |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Morgan Housel |
This Week's Big Economic Stories More job woes... Greenspan speaks... The next great bond boom... GDP hanging in... Quick economic numbers... |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2011 Dan Dzombak |
Are Mortgage REITs Oversold? Mortgage REITs will continue to do well if the Fed keeps interest rates at very low levels for the next few years. |
Financial Advisor July 2008 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note This year's Pershing INSITE conference provided an opportunity for a hero of the 1990s, Alan Greenspan, whose image has been tarnished in the last 12 months, to shed some light on our current economic predicament. |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Is the Fed Smart, Dumb, or Both? One day, the market thinks the Federal Reserve chairman is the dumbest guy on Earth. The next morning, he's the master of the universe. The reality is somewhere in between -- but try telling that to traders who get whipsawed repeatedly. |
U.S. Banker April 2005 Lee Conrad |
The End of Cheap Money Mortgage rates can't hold out much longer against the steady rate hikes from the Federal Reserve; industry consolidation may follow. |
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Elizabeth Spiers |
The Hollow Man Peeling the layers off Alan Greenspan's real contribution to the economy. |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Early Christmas for Mortgage Borrowers There's some good news on the mortgage front for a change. Lending has not come to a grinding halt. In fact, for those who have good credit and qualify for standard fixed-rate loans, mortgages have actually gotten more affordable. |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Getting Burned by Bernanke His proposal to expand the Fed's power might incinerate the economy. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Rich Miller |
Why Greenspan Will Just Let It Ride Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan will wait till there's less economic slack to raise interest rates. |
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Michael Mandel |
Bernanke's Dilemma The markets are clamoring for rate cuts, but weak U.S. productivity gains and strong global growth may limit the Fed's options. |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Bernanke Changes Strategy The Fed chief has taken the fight to inflation. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 James C. Cooper |
Interest Rates Are Up, But Are They Up Enough? Financial conditions may still be too lax to keep inflation under wraps. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Last Call for Smart Homeowners The Fed's recent move has triggered a sharp downtick in mortgage rates. If you want to refinance, it may be now or never. |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Bailout Ben's Bogus Brainstorm The Fed chairman would like to up the federal role, and use your money, to solve housing's woes. |
InternetNews June 6, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Tread Water Greenspan comments will likely be key this week. |
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: Chill Out: Inflation Is Still Pretty Tame Despite some concerns, Alan Greenspan expects interest rates to rise gradually. |
InternetNews January 4, 2008 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Can You Hear Me Now? The charts say the Fed isn't doing enough; will today's jobs data be enough to get the central bank's attention? |
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 Rich Miller |
Wanted: Fed Chief With Foreign Flair With so much U.S. debt held overseas, Greenspan's successor must be a diplomat. |
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Kristin Graham |
Look What You Did, Bernanke The Fed's mistake of rapidly lowering rates to bail everyone out is finally shining through. |
BusinessWeek April 1, 2010 |
Prelude to a Panic September 2008 will live in infamy as the month when the U.S. financial system ground to a halt. But for Goldman Sachs and other institutions, the real panic took place throughout 2007. Here is what happened behind the scenes at Goldman. |
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 James Mehring |
Why Housing Looks A Little Rickety Recent data indicate further weakening in the housing market is yet to come. |
U.S. Banker January 2011 Scott Anderson |
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain The Fed s plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury bonds might boost demand for loans, but this latest round of quantitative easing could hamper bank profitability and continue to restrain the economic recovery. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Why Bernanke Is Ignoring You Rate cuts aren't finding their way to cash-strapped consumers. |