I Meant to Do That The Lights of Myanmar Some Good News for Borrowers Madoff May Give Us a Sell-Off Conversations with John Mauldin New Orleans, La Jolla, and Merry Christmas The Fed has taken interest rates to zero. They have clearly started a program of quantitative easing. What exactly does that mean...
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John Mauldin
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12-19-2008
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Should the Fed Cut Interest Rates? The Shocker in the Employment Numbers Should the Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates? Will A Cut Make Any Difference? How Housing Woes Hurt the Rest of the Economy Home Again, Home Again The unemployment numbers came in today, and if you look under the hood of the data...
Introduction This week we had two more Federal Reserve members repeat what has become the theme for their chorus, but not one the market seems to be paying much attention to. It should be. The market believes the Fed will soon start to cut rates, perhaps as early as first quarter of next year. It is...
Introduction This week we will look at a few very interesting items that did not make it into last week's forecast, as that letter was already overly long. Bernanke's arrival, the importance of the housing market to the economy, the length of the recent rally and a note from good friend James...