With due respect, if you don't know what's at stake then best stay out of the market today. The market is not sure what to expect, and Bernanke is out to obscure his true intentions. Any advice you get here is guesswork and not worth gambling on.

Bernanke Seeks to Divorce QE Tapering From Interest-Rates

No clue what to expect except longer term USD strength. The consensus now seems to be to take clues from rising bond yields and BRICS money inflows - all in expectation of higher future rates expectations... As for the mainstream consensus, this CNN ...

Facing lawmakers, Bernanke to walk a fine line on Fed policy

So let me get this deconstructed: 1. The law allowing foreign workers was passed by senate who also vet the visa sponsoring programme 2. Employers like it because foreign workers are eager, work for less and there is no social security or medicare ...

Foreign-Student Work Plan Cut by U.S. as Complaints Mount

got a serious case of curveballs

Succinct Summation of Week’s Events (7.12.13)

Interesting. Calls for Regulation herald a bear market . Now when would that begin ?

U.S. Regulators Approve Stricter Trading Rules Abroad

" Look at how much you have in stocks, bonds and cash, and figure out if you have more than you want... " Boy, who is this article addressed to? More than you want ... now there's a common investment dilemma. And there's me thinking USAtoday was a ...

Investing: Contrarians rarely succeed

I like the conversation here - and the topic. Have to acknowledge @Spreadbetter's sentence as a fundamental truth and axiom of successful trading. I would even go so far as to say the simplest method like 8ema on price or a default stochastic can ...

Thoughts on FX Price Action

No sweat, LG - a misunderstanding because your post followed directly on mine. On re-reading I see you're speaking to the thread in general. This is well-observed and thanks for sharing. The notion of reversion to a mean and the idea that order-flow ...

Bernanke Sets Cat Among the Pigeons

LoadedGun, Strong words from you, as usual! Hope you're well. I want to mention that the info nuggets you impart on pivots and reversion theory offsets the often aggressive posts that accompany them I agree with the idea of keeping perspective on ...

Bernanke Sets Cat Among the Pigeons

the world today has ample material for comedy

ECB Monthly Bulletin

this is the thing in a nutshell. and not often discussed.

BOE’s Miles: MPC acutely aware of household debt strains

and the last time (2007-2008) when things got too much for households to bear people simply used the uk's compassionate bankruptcy provisions to write billions of pounds of personal and household debt off their own and the banks' books. So, yes, ...

BOE’s Miles: MPC acutely aware of household debt strains

Draghi: "The usual measures are subdued, but, uuh, there are signs of recovery, uuh, the view from Brussels... uuh, blah blah blah... so anyway, I'll take a few questions before I zip off in that fancy car to my next meeting where I will stand ...

ECB Monthly Bulletin

Someone should tell him about that - I think he might not be discussing the same economy as you and i live in - he's talking about the other economy (what he refers to as the 'real' economy) over on Sesame Street where everything is joy cheap so ...

Bernanke Sets Cat Among the Pigeons

hang on, if you turn the notes over, isn't the queen on all of them? she should turn her attention on the House of Lords instead - now there's a blatant target

Bank of England threatened with legal action over men-only banknotes row

interesting notion - what would be: 1) the pivotal reason for increasing QE and 2) the benefit?

Bernanke Sets Cat Among the Pigeons

hey, good idea!

How to profit from Twitter trading

Good analysis that cuts the cake on what transpired as a result of yesterday's FOMC: the market (by assuming tapering as a given fact) got ahead of itself in terms of pricing in higher rate expectations. The Asian session has shown the correction, ...

Bernanke Sets Cat Among the Pigeons

experienced traders always say to stay out of the market during FOMC statements. Good idea if you're not exactly sure what you are listening for and don't have a plan based on the direction the Fed is hinting at. There will be plenty of time to get ...

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee

Yep. just like in the picture but with real baguettes, a real flag, real fuse and very real debt-driven deflationary implosion

Time-Bombs Ready to Explode