Tag - economy

Another Day, Another Federal Reserve Bailout

The bad news just keeps getting worse and worse. After a 100-basis point rate cut and $700 billion in quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve has announced that it is opening up a new Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) to provide a bailout of commercial paper markets. The new special...

Is the Fed Trying to Destroy Stock Markets?

Another Fed move, another day of collapsing stock markets. The Federal Reserve on Sunday evening announced its third consecutive unscheduled monetary policy move, making a 100-basis point cut to its target federal funds rate, cutting to a level of 0.00-0.25%. So after only a couple of years in which...

Think the Coronavirus Won’t Affect the US Economy? Think Again

There seems to be a great deal of complacency among many in the United States about the effect that the coronavirus will have on the US economy. Thus far it’s been treated as an issue that only affects China, and whose effects on the US economy will be limited....

The 5 Top Issues Facing Investors in 2020

Investors always have a lot on their minds, particularly when it comes to saving for retirement. They’re always trying to figure out which way markets will move, when they’ll move, and what assets they should invest in to maximize their retirement savings. The more uncertainty faces them, the more...