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For the past several years, the Federal Reserve has repeatedly stated that inflation in the United States remains consistently below the central bank's official target of 2%. However, this is dramatically different from what the average person...

As you know, last week the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) changed its forward guidance pertaining to the federal funds rate. This is how Yellen began her speech to a research conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco...

Economy ...

The stock market has been gorging on gains over the last six years and the big question is are we ready for a crash diet...

An obstinately dovish U.S. Federal Reserve and a European Central Bank intent on carrying out its own, massive Quantitative Easing (QE) bond buying programme have pushed Treasury rates to near historic lows and European rates to obscene levels. As...

Last week could be best wrapped up by a heat map of the ETF universe, unless it was inverse or tied to volatility, it was nothing but shades of green last week as the FOMC officially ran out of patience but the doves delivered an unexpected...

Well, it didn't take long for the bulls to jump on their buying opportunity, with a little help from the bulls' friend in the Fed. In fact, despite huge daily swings in the market averages driven by daily news regarding timing of interest...