'Mr. Policeman,' I think it was, |
[Even the] beige book ... labor markets remain stretched and some districts indicated increasing wage pressures. |
[Hedge funds] have had far more exposure than anyone could have imagined, it was just a wave upon wave of positions gone sour. |
A community reading garden can be very helpful in creating that positive effect. There should be hundreds of thousands of reading gardens all over the country. |
Clearly, we're experiencing an inflation-free setting even though the economy is experiencing rapid growth. |
Confidence is rising and risk-aversion is declining. Now we are seeing a huge flight from quality. That reflects the healing process and an improvement in investor psychology. |
Corporate bonds are filling the void, to some degree. But this does not pave the way to a rally in bonds. |
Demand for this credit is huge, and it shows you how much cash is sitting on the sidelines. |
Ford postponing the event would be their judgment that market conditions are becoming disorderly, ... (Ford is) betting that conditions will improve once upcoming uncertainties are out of the way, one of which is the FOMC meeting. |
Ford postponing the event would be their judgment that market conditions are becoming disorderly. (Ford is) betting that conditions will improve once upcoming uncertainties are out of the way, one of which is the FOMC meeting. |
Greenspan is suggesting that the recovery is going to be slow and that there are obstacles to a swift rebound. |
I get the impression he is building the market up to expect a rate hike at the June Federal Open Market Committee meeting. |
I heard like a 'pop-pop noise and all of a sudden about three seconds later, the ticket counters were telling us to either hit the deck or they grabbed us and pulled us into the back room. |
I look for them to cut rates at least once or twice more this year. |
I think right now the stock market is very comfortable with the benchmark 30-year-bond trading at between 6.5 and 7 percent. But if we start moving that range up to 7.25 and above, that could really be a major speed bump in the way of the stock market. |