In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 2 hours ago

The S&P 500 closed a smidgen lower Thursday on speculation that the Federal Reserve will increase its discount rate, which tempered the potential for ...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 3 hours ago

Once again bond markets are having a hard time maintaining a rally after the Fed s earlier stand on its policy of maintaining low interest rates. De...

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In The Mess That Greenspan Made - Posted 4 hours ago

TOP STORIESMarkets spooked as Greek rescue plan crumbles - TelegraphRoach Rebuffs Krugman Call to Pressure China on Yuan - BloombergGreenspan Concede...

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In Big Picture - Posted 12 hours ago

Good Evening: U.S. stocks finished mixed today after digesting a series of news stories that could hardly be described as bullish. The economic data...

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In Big Picture - Posted 21 hours ago

The US$ is at the high of the day vs the euro coincident with Greek CDS at the wides of the morning by 20 bps to 307 bps following the news this morni...

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In 24/7 Wall St. - Posted 1 day ago

The stock market has become the marketplace of rumors. Now it seems the same is true for the bond market as well. Rumors have been floating around...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 1 day ago

Speculation that the Federal Reserve is going to hike the discount rate today has weighed on the Treasury market and is helping to lift an already rec...

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In Wall Street Journal: Real Time Economics - Posted 1 day ago

In the latest update of its cost estimates for Troubled Asset Relief Program, the $700-billion kitty Congress created in 2008 to bolster the banking ...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 2 days ago

A catalyst for working off the market s over-extended and over-bought conditions remains elusive. The Federal Reserve s latest monetary policy sta...

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In Seeking Alpha - Posted 2 days ago

A catalyst for working off the market s over-extended and over-bought conditions remains elusive. The Federal Reserve s latest monetary policy sta...

Tags: bernanke discount rate fed federal reserve highs markets sp

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