What Bernake going to do @ 2:15pm ??

Discussion in 'Economics' started by axehawk, Mar 17, 2008.

What is the Fed going to do at 2:15?

Poll closed Mar 18, 2008.
  1. cut 0.75

    28 vote(s)
    23.1%
  2. cut 1.00

    44 vote(s)
    36.4%
  3. cut 0.50

    14 vote(s)
    11.6%
  4. cut 1.25

    6 vote(s)
    5.0%
  5. Shave his beard in front of congress.

    29 vote(s)
    24.0%
  1. "Shave his beard in front of congress"

    Made me laugh out loud!!
     
    #11     Mar 17, 2008
  2. I figure .75, but tomorrow will be up regardless, just because we're basically sold out, short-term. That'll be especially true if LEH reports poor numbers (they report before the open) and take the market down in the early going.
     
    #12     Mar 17, 2008
  3. 100 basis point cut.

    This is a true double-edged sword.

    He'll give them that, because he wants to go above and beyond, and it will be interpreted as yet one more desperate move, signaling that the fed has lost faith in the economic fundamentals.

    They can not win tomorrow.
     
    #13     Mar 17, 2008
  4. pull his pants down and shit
     
    #14     Mar 17, 2008
  5. Mvic

    Mvic

    That really would be the "bottom", and the ultimate buy signal :D
     
    #15     Mar 17, 2008
  6. I wonder what the markets reaction would be if he quit.
     
    #16     Mar 17, 2008
  7. Kiss his ass goodbye.
     
    #17     Mar 17, 2008
  8. Cutten

    Cutten

    Imagine if he said "Ladies and gentlemen, I can't keep up this charade any longer. I'm tired of being a stool pigeon for the Morgan interests. Jim Rogers was right all along. I hereby resign and demand the abolition of the Federal Reserve."

    Then shaved his beard.

    Damn that would be worth $1 million just to see the looks on everyone's faces if that happened.
     
    #18     Mar 17, 2008
  9. Trader50

    Trader50

    50 bps
     
    #19     Mar 17, 2008
  10. Share Market goes down in any event.

    100bp = expected...goes down.

    <100bp = not expected...not enough...goes down

    >100bp = not expected...big shock..what do they know that we don't? goes down
     
    #20     Mar 17, 2008