This pretty much sums it all up
Not old enough, apparently. Here's the data http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/statistics/dlyrates/fedrate.html The last time they cut...
It's always cut (or raised) in tandem with changes in the fed funds rate. I can't remember it ever being lowered independent of the fed funds rate.
They didn't lower the more important target fed funds rate.
Movements in the libor rate suggest high demand for liquidity, hence the feds liquidity injections the past week. That market has certainly not...
It's a symbolic attempt to restore confidence and calm the credit markets. But I agree it will fail because the root problem is not lack of...
Nobody ever borrows directly from Fed, I believe the last time anybody ever borrowed at the discount rate was when continental airlines when...
Trust me, your investors will leave you first.
5 years is absolutely not a drop in a bucket in this industry. Most hedge funds don't survive 2 negative years because of the high watermark....
We're at the point where the damage has already been done and lower interest rates won't be the panacea that people think it will be, unless they...
Well US long-term interest rates still have a lot of room to go lower and stimulate credit, for sure. Granted though, if long-rates in the USA...
All the above won't happen precisely because the fed can reflate the economy by lowering interest rates. But I agree that the potential for a...
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You mean after the dow topped out at 14,000? Or Before?
Dow is meaningless, all the pros follow the $SPX, therefore the dow's movements and whether or not it breaks some point is really hostage to the...
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/files/crystal_method_right_here_right_now_bill_poole_no_idea_mix.mp3
But no ET'ers seem to be, eh? :D
2 months and 21 days of gains :D
How can this be? They have gigantic trade surpluses, a government that is flush with cash, a 1.2 Trillion Dollar foreign exchange reserves etc....
800+ point fall in the Dow. You heard it here first.
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