In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 9/2/2012. The big speech from Bernanke at J-Hole came and went and, as I suspected, no earth shattering announcement was made other than the usual jawboning that “we stand ready to act…, etc.” Amazingly enough, …
Should Bernanke Maintain The Status Quo?
The sluggishness in the jobs market is neither a fiscal responsibility nor a monetary responsibility of the Federal Reserve, rather it’s about responsibility in the short run versus responsibility in the long run, says Edward Lazear, former economic adviser to President George W. Bush and a professor at the Stanford University. The best policies to grow jobs are not the …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/26/2012
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 8/26/2012. The markets pulled back slightly this week as the tug-of-war between those that are counting on a new round of QE and those that question its validity favored the latter. The long overdue but …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/19/2012
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 8/19/2012. The low volume story continued, and the major indexes managed to crawl higher on uneven economic data with not much coming out of Europe except the occasional sound bite about the support of the …
Will Bernanke Keep His Cards Close To His Chest?
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is unlikely to disclose his strategy going forward when he attends the annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole in September, says Randall Kroszner, former Federal Reserve governor and a professor of economics at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Back in 2010, Bernanke had disclosed his strategy, because he was …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/12/2012
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 8/12/2012. In one of the lowest volume weeks in some five years, the S&P 500 managed to eke out another gain of 1%. This lack of participation makes it very easy to distort true market …