The Fed Needs to Speak with 1 Voice or Not at All
By David Nelson, CFA 38,000 – That’s all we got in the way of jobs in May leaving bulls scratching their head and bears looking for the next shoe to drop. In addition to creating a roller coaster day for traders, Friday’s weak employment report set off the usual round of conflicting statements from Fed […]
Trump Hints Yellen Would Be Out as Fed Chair
https://youtu.be/iNj6M1HVq-Q David joins Fox Business anchor Charles Payne to discuss Donald Trump’s latest threat that Janet Yellen’s days are numbered at the Fed
The Fed Needs a Communications Czar!
By David Nelson, CFA In November of 2013 former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke made a speech describing his efforts over the last eight years to “make the Federal Reserve more transparent — and, in particular, to make monetary policy as transparent and open as reasonably possible.” The transparency he describes has morphed into a stream of consciousness narrative […]
The One Word That Matters Most – Redux
By David Nelson, CFA The debate surrounding an inevitable Fed hike has preoccupied investors and those sitting behind the hollowed walls of the Federal Reserve for the last half decade. The pros and cons of Fed policy have been well vetted. The conversation today seems to have finally shifted from “should” they remove accommodation to […]