Investors' Guide to Fed Interest Rates and the Upcoming Hike

Fed interest rates are about to increase for the first time in nine years. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen had hinted for months...

How Do Rising Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market?

The U.S. Federal Reserve is set to hold a policy meeting this week to decide whether or not to raise interest rates.

All of the buzz has...

Will an Interest Rate Increase Happen at This Week's FOMC Meeting?

An interest rate increase is the biggest topic for Fed officials during this week's two-day FOMC meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.

While...

FOMC Meeting This Week: What to Watch For

The September FOMC meeting takes place this week when U.S. Federal Reserve officials gather for a two-day assembly on Wednesday and Thursday...

Global Markets in Self-Perpetuating Denial

The central bank circus was on full display this week as the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee held a two-day meeting only to emerge with...

What the Fed Meeting Today Was Really Hiding from Us

The Fed meeting today (Wednesday) delivered on another humdrum statement soaked in predictable Fed speak.

The decision? The U.S. ...

What the Fed Meeting Today Will Ignore

The Fed meeting today (Tuesday) will adjourn tomorrow with a predictably vague statement about how the U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market...

Proof the Federal Reserve Has No Idea What It's Doing

The minutes from last month's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting provided zero clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve's plans to raise...

Don't Let FOMC Meeting Minutes Cloud Your Investment Decisions

The Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC) meeting minutes told us much of the same.

QE3 is over, rate hikes will happen after...

Turn the FOMC Meeting Today into Gains

The FOMC meeting today will mean one thing: accommodative monetary policy is ending.

This may spook some investors who have rode this...

The Fed Balance Sheet Explained

The Fed balance sheet has been expanding at an alarming rate since the financial collapse in 2007.

And there's no surprise the markets...

Yesterday's Fed News Will Trigger Great Stock Buys,… Just Not How It Intended

I have long said that the Fed has never met a printing press it didn't like nor a dove that it didn't want to set free in the name of higher stock...

Why the Dow Jones Had Its Biggest Gain of 2014 Today

The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 274 points Wednesday following the Federal Open Market Committee's release of its September meeting...

FOMC Meeting Minutes Signal a Change in Fedspeak Is on Horizon

The Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC) meeting minutes were expected to mirror the same sentiments and monetary policy guidelines the...

FOMC Meeting Minutes Release Today Will Be the Last of the QE3 Era

Ever since former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the tapering of the Fed's current bond-buying program in December, the...

Here's What Rising Rates Really Do to Your Shares

There is a lot of lip service being paid to the upcoming stock market crash that we're supposed to expect once the Federal Reserve...

FOMC Meeting Today Saves Big News for Next Month

The U.S. Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting today went according to plan, as the Fed will continue to taper bond...

The Real Reason the Federal Reserve Is Afraid to Raise Interest Rates

When the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve meets next week (Sept. 16-17) to consider when it should raise...

Fed Policy Failures Leave $10.8 Trillion Under the Mattress

Despite billions in bond-buying "quantitative easing" and near-zero interest rates courtesy of recent Fed policy, Americans stashed $1.8...

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