Four Ways to Profit if Bernanke’s ‘Exit Strategy’ Backfires

Posted on July 24th, 2009 in BASE, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Commercial Paper, ECB, ETF, European Central Bank, FOMC, GLD, OIL, RBS, SPDR Gold, St. Louis Adjusted Monetary Base, TALF, UGA, USO, inflation , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

After more than a year of lax monetary policy and direct capital infusions, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has finally outlined an “exit strategy” that he says will lead to the “smooth and timely” withdrawal of monetary stimulus and keep inflation at bay. Hmm…. the proverbial “soft-landing” that is never soft. But how does one exploit the hard-landing if Bernanke were to not succeed?

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Will Week of Controversy Undermine Financial System Overhaul That Calls for Broad Expansion of Central Bank’s Power?

Posted on June 29th, 2009 in Apple, BAC, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ben Bernanke, Bernanke, Bloomberg, Boeing, BofA, Congress, Federal Reserve, Merrill, Merrill Lynch, Obama, Oracle, Sinopec, US Congress , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Documents brought to light by key by congressional investigators hightlight real disagreement between top-level U.S. Federal Reserve officials about how it should address the Bank of America Corp.(NYSE: BAC) acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. are almost certain to fuel the ongoing congressional debate over the central bank’s push to expand its authority over the U.S. financial system.

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