The Fed’s ‘difficult situation’: reading between the lines of the September dot plot

There was a wide range of forecasts among Fed officials in the so-called “dot plot” for the path that interest rates could take. While additional rate cuts appear to be in store after Wednesday’s ...

September dot plot: Here's how the Fed's projections have changed

The Federal Reserve released its latest "dot plot" at its September meeting. Released quarterly, it shows where Fed members expect interest rates to be in the coming months and years. Yahoo Finance ...

Fed Chair Powell's 'Risk Management' Comment Puts Upward Pressure on Mortgage Rates

Powell's remarks followed soon after the first Fed rate cut in nine months, which brought the central bank's rate down by a quarter-point.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Just Implemented a 'Risk Management' Rate Cut. Will This Push the S&P 500 Index to 7,000 or Is It a Sell-the-News Event?

Fed Chair Jerome Powell called the Fed's decision a "risk management cut" in case the economy suddenly slows significantly. The stock market has been banking on interest rate cuts for months now, ...

VVR: Deeply Unloved And A High Discount To NAV

VVR's 13.3% distribution is unsustainable; a realistic forward yield is closer to 10% as ROC usage rises and rates fall. VVR is fairly valued but offers limited upside and significant downside risk, ...

Shutdown forces investors to swim in dark. This could get interesting

If the US government closure lasts a few more weeks, the “data-dependent” Federal Reserve will have to make a blind stab. It’s yet another market drama.