The fed will not end zero interest rates no matter how many times they say that they will raise them in the months ahead...go back to 2008 and recall how many times they were going to raise rates in the months ahead, they must have said it a dozen times or more, never happened, that is your answer to the rate hikes you think you are going to see in 2015....zero rate hikes and more trillions to keep the economy and wallstreet propped up.
The Fed a "shining pillar of capitalism" ? ! WTF . The Fed is a disgrace. And what happened to ET, I don't know any of your handles aside from Martinghoul and murray turtle, some of you just popped in on ET during this manufactured bullmarket. If you don't understand that this is a manufactured bullmarket, then I feel sorry for you. There was a time we would not have comments like this on ET, tells me the top is near. By buying the stockmarket I meant buying futures, there is a program in place to do just that if needed it's been called the PPT. the Fed is out of ammunition, so it makes sense to ask yourself what happened.
While you were away, ET has accumulated 72,000 members. Your dismay of not recognizing the nicknames is akin to walking the streets of New York, stopping random people, and asking, "Who the hell are you? I've never seen you before". Manufactured or not, you can either make money, or lose money. Complaining about the Fed, PPT, and QE is like complaining about the guy to your left at the poker table, who bets big, or the guy to your right who wears sunglasses and check-raises from time to time. After losing all of your money in that game, you stand up and say, "I feel sorry for you all, because you don't understand that this is a manufactured game."