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FOMC Alert: Traders Now Looking At Possible Rate Cuts

Posted: September 15, 2008 at 6:27 pm

Today wasn't just a bad day for financial stocks and for the markets in general.  It may have been a real game changer.  But interestingly enough, there is now roughly ...
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FOMC 50/50 Delivery

Posted: January 30, 2008 at 2:20 pm

The FOMC made its rate cut today and delivered on 0.50% on both the FED FUNDS and on the discount rate, so now Fed Funds will be targeted at 3.00%.  ...
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FOMC: The Certainty Of Rate Cuts

Posted: January 30, 2008 at 6:31 am

There is no question about Fed Fun Futures showing a 100% chance of a rate cut at 2:15 PM EST today.  The verdict awaited is whether we see a 50 ...
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U.K. & E.U. Central Banks Need To Follow With Rate Cuts

Posted: January 23, 2008 at 7:09 am

Yesterday's FOMC emergency intervention of 75 basis point rate cut to 3.5% was believed to be part of a global coordinated rate cut effort in effort to stave off loan ...
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Bernanke Delivers Emergency Rate Cuts

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 8:32 am

The Federal Reserve has decided to finally take action to at least catch up to the markets with an inter-meeting emergency rate cut.  The FOMC has announced a 75 basis ...
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Will the Fed Intervene Early?

Posted: January 22, 2008 at 6:56 am

Today is going to be a critical day in the financial markets.  U.S. markets were closed on Monday while it was a financial blood bath on Monday in the E.U. ...
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FOMC Comes Up Short (DIA, TLT)

Posted: December 11, 2007 at 2:23 pm

The FOMC did just come out and issue its discount on interest rates today.  We saw a 0.25% RATE CUT FED FUNDS and we saw a 0.25% RATE CUT ON ...
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FOMC OCT 2007 Dilemma: Rate Cut Versus Dollar Crisis

Posted: October 26, 2007 at 3:48 pm

We do not have the final numbers in for today, but as of yesterday the 30-day FED FUND FUTURES contract wasn't deciding IF the FOMC would cut rates.  It showed ...
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Sept. 18 FOMC Minutes… Showing More Fed Easing Bias?

Posted: October 9, 2007 at 1:13 pm

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee from the September 18, 2007 meeting that were released October 9, 2007.... We glanced over the notes and here are some quick standout ...
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FOMC Delivers With 50/50 (September 18, 2007)

Posted: September 18, 2007 at 1:23 pm

Today was the planned FOMC decision on interest rates and it seems there was a split between those looking for 25 or 50 basis points.  We were in the latter ...
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Did Cramer Call For an October Fed Rate Cut?

Posted: August 7, 2007 at 5:12 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said the FOMC meeting today was good after he considers it and was actually reassuring for 3 reasons: It is good to ...
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FOMC Acknowledges Concerns, But No Real Rescue Feelings

Posted: August 7, 2007 at 1:23 pm

The FOMC has spoken, and as expected rates were left unchanged at 5.25%.  Here were they key phrases we looked at:The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its ...
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Tech Tuesday: All About Cisco Systems & The Fed (CSCO)

Posted: August 6, 2007 at 3:49 pm

Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day after a massive rally Monday.  The market is going to be looking to the FOMC for soem stability on the economic outlook ...
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