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05 Jun 2015 Don’t Let Temporary Crosswinds Blow You Off Course

Posted at 15:04h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

It’s been a choppy week for Treasurys and stocks with Greece once again roiling European Union stability and mixed signals about the strength of the US economy. The question every investor is asking is when the Federal Reserve will begin raising interest rates? And advice is becoming louder and more widespread.

31 May 2013 When bad news is good . . .

Posted at 10:00h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

If there was any doubt that the stock market remained dependent on the Federal Reserve, it was proven twice again. Last week, Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank could begin pulling back on stimulus measures, commonly referred to as quantitative easing, if officials see evidence of "sustained" economic growth. Those comments along with a flurry of good economic reports knocked the S&P 500 down by 1.1% as traders worried that the Fed might soon release the market to swim on its own.