The Bank of England minutes from the February meeting were released on Wednesday and surprised the market because two members of the Committee (noted dove Adam Posen and David Miles) had voted to extend asset purchases by GBP75bn, more than the GBP50bn that the consensus wanted.
This caused an immediate knee-jerk
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Earlier, I wrote that Facebook’s (FB) IPO is becoming a sucker’s bet. On its IPO debut, Facebook started at $42, hit a high of $45 for a brief moment, and then [...]
By Steven Vincent:
Let me start by clarifying something. I am not saying that the market could crash spectacularly in the next few days and that in that event the Facebook (FB) IPO would be a [...]
By Chuck Carnevale:
There is a confluence of factors that are painting a very odd picture of current investor behavior. Common sense and a careful analysis of the market dynamics between equities and bonds today would [...]
By Sami J. Karam:
Expectations of a robust housing recovery are not well supported by US demographics.
From Bloomberg News (February 8, 2012): Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon told investors and analysts in a [...]