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Will the Fed Prevent a Double-Dip?

By Bill Dixon • Jun 8th, 2011 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Bill Dixon Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke on June 7, 2011, for the first time since late April, and investors and traders were keenly interested in any new policy measures to keep the stock market—and economy—afloat. After two rounds of quantitative easing, nothing new emerged from the Fed’s playbook. When Bernanke spoke in [...]


Stocks, Bonds and the Economy: Something’s Gotta Give

By Bill Dixon • Aug 10th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Bill Dixon Both the stock market and Treasury market have been rallied in the past few weeks on a somewhat divergent view of the economy, but sooner or later, I think something has to give, and I think it’s likely going to be stocks. I don’t think the upward trend in stock indexes is [...]