Monthly Archives: December 2013

Gross: “The Fed wants out of QE” in 2014

Good far reaching discussion: Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., talks about the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s program of quantitative easing, the state of the credit markets, investment strategy and the future of the City … Continue reading

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Increased regulation leaves less room for bank profits

Good discussion and good charts on the bank index reminding that even after an incredible rally the past 2 years paid for by central banks, the US bank share index has just retraced half of shareholder losses in 2007-09. Graham … Continue reading

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Volcker–for better and worse

Today we have the vote finally to implement the long delayed “Volcker Rule” to reign in proprietary double-dealing trading at big banks. The wording just last week morphed into a tougher stance with an outright ban on the nebulous “portfolio … Continue reading

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