S&P 500 Cheapest to Bonds on Zero Fed Rates   The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is approaching the cheapest level ever compared with bonds as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's zero-pe...

  Fed Should Heed Lessons of 1920 Recession Response, Grant Says: Tom Keene   The U.S. has been “overmedicated” by public policy and should consider the government’s 1920’s response to...

  BlackRock’s Doll Says QE3 Unlikely in Contrast to Gross   BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest asset manager, says the Federal Reserve will refrain from conducting a third round of debt p...

  Bernanke has "finger on trigger" for new bond buys   The Federal Reserve has moved closer to embarking on a new round of its controversial money-pumping after the central bank and its chairm...

  Fed: Benchmark Rate Will Stay Low Until Late 2014   Federal Reserve officials said their benchmark interest rate will stay low until at least late 2014 and anticipate that unemployment will...

  Bernanke Doubles Down on Fed Mortgage Bet   Ben S. Bernanke is signaling his willingness to double down on a three-year bet that’s failed to revive housing, showing the extent of the Feder...

  Euro zone gets vast bond monetization through the back door   Securities lawyer Avery Goodman explains at Seeking Alpha tonight how the European Central Bank's new long-term refinancing oper...

  Eurozone banking system on the edge of collapse   Senior analysts and traders warned of impending bank failures as a summit intended to solve the European crisis failed to deliver a solution...

  Central banks fire the second barrel of QE   The financial markets are becoming ever more dependent on the continuing willingness of the central banks to use their balance sheets to rescue t...

  S&P Places 15 Euro Nations on Warning for Downgrade   Standard & Poor’s said Germany and France may be stripped of their AAA credit ratings as the debt crisis prompts 15 euro nations to be...

  Hedgefondforvalteren Kyle Bass fra Hayman Capital presenterer sine makroøkonomiske vurderinger på American Catalyst 2011 konferansen   Kyle Bass gir sine vurderinger av gjeldskrisen i Euro...

  Gross Says Fed to Keep Rates Low for Longer   Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross said U.S. employment growth won’t prevent the Federal Reserve from emphasizing that it will...

  Dealers See Fed Buying $545B Mortgage Bonds   The biggest bond dealers in the U.S. say the Federal Reserve is poised to start a new round of stimulus, injecting more money into the economy ...

  FOMC Minutes Show Additional Easing Discussed   Some Federal Reserve policy makers said the central bank should consider easing policy further, according to minutes of their Nov. 1-2 meetin...

  U.S. Debt Supercommittee Ready to Announce Failure   A debt-reduction committee with special powers that was supposed to dissolve congressional gridlock in Washington is instead on the brink...

  Unloved Treasury Notes Become New Favorite Growing demand for shorter-maturity debt shows fixed-income investors remain concerned that Europe’s sovereign debt crisis may worsen, slowing glob...

  Fed must remain aggressive, Rosengren says The Federal Reserve must remain aggressive to combat the weak labor market, according to Eric Rosengren, the president of the Boston Fed Bank. "Given...

  Why the euro needs to fall   Although I appreciate that exchange rates are never easy to explain or understand, I find today’s relatively robust value for the euro somewhat mysterious. Do ...

  Gold: The hedge against political stupidity   Gold is said to be a hedge against inflation, deflation and all other nasty sorts of economic bugaboos. It looks like it may be a hedge against ...

Hugh Hendry’s One Hour Interview with Steven Drobny at LSE Here’s an out-of-this-world experience with Hugh Hendry – a full hour with noted author Steven Drobny (who’s books are excellent, ...

  "Allocate 25% to Gold Bullion", says Faber   Unprecedented levels of borrowing will leave governments with no choice but to monetize their debts – in effect printing money – according to...

  Fed debate about more easing heats up   Two top Federal Reserve officials are arguing the U.S. central bank should consider resuming controversial large-scale mortgage bond purchases to supp...

  Why Fed dissident Fisher opposes further action   He's an inflation "hawk" who isn't worried about inflation, a former political candidate appalled by politics, a dissident who views himself...

  Bernanke: Crisis taught lesson for central banks   Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says a key lesson learned from the 2008 financial crisis is that central banks must have a dual goal ...