When I listen to Central Bankers these days I am hearing so much less than what the rest of the markets seem to hear. So when last Friday I heard Bernanke stating that the bar for further QE was very high, others heard him say that the Fed was just about to embark on another […]
The Commodity Price Boom Is Over — FIU
“The commodity price boom is over and anyone with half a brain knows that.” so said Martin Ferguson, Australia’s Resources minister this morning. After the release of the last FOMC meeting minutes showed that the FOMC closely discussed all its options for providing more monetary stimulus. Most members, although not all, stated that they believed […]
Bernanke gets his wish
Last month I wrote about the reaction the market had to the FOMC statement which suggested that QE3 was off the cards. Implied volatility in Fixed Income markets spiked sharply higher and whilst last week’s FOMC statement was little different to the March statement, the press conference that Bernanke gave, has led to the risk […]