discount rate

March 15, 2008

  • Bear Stearns, part I

    The news surrounding Bear Stearns on Friday morning was not good! There are several important elements to this story. (…)

August 20, 2007

  • Market Bottom?

    Market bottom? Probably not. But the Federal Reserve is awake.
    The Fed stepped in a week ago, and injected liquidity in the financial system. (…)

August 18, 2007

  • Fed Rate Cut

    On Friday, the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate by a 1/2 pt.
    They cut the discount rate — NOT the Fed Funds rate. (…)