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On Wednesday, Marketfy Maven and expert journalist Ron Insana shared his latest thoughts on a process he calls "Fed Fun" at the Federal Reserve. The central bank recently unveiled the minutes from its last Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 28 and 29. The notes, in...

Former Federal Reserve Senior Officer Thomas Simpson thinks that the Fed is finished with quantitative easing. Simpson is an economist and also been an officer for the Federal Open Market Committee. He recently joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to talk about why the Fed probably won...

Jeff deGraaf is the co-founder, chairman and head technical analyst at Renaissance Macro Research. Three weeks ago, his firm had a call that the 10-year bond market would trade under 2 percent. While the call was for the end of the first quarter, the firm still got it within three weeks....

U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday as the Dow Jones index traded lower by 206 points before recouping most of these losses. However, the index closed the day in negative territory for the sixth straight day, despite encouraging U.S. labor data being reported. Speaking to Bloomberg, St. Louis...

CMC Markets Chief Analyst Michael Hewson thinks that even though Germany has a budget surplus right now, its economic growth is stalling out. Hewson joined Benzinga’s #Premarket Prep broadcast to talk about what’s moving the markets in both the eurozone and the United States....

The Federal Reserve is set to hold its two-day monthly policy meeting next week on Wednesday and Thursday, which investors will be eagerly awaiting for details about the bank’s rate hike plans. Ahead of the meeting, Fed officials have indicated that the bank will likely maintain a low...

Last week was bullish overall, but it reflected the year's lightest trading volume, and markets moved both up and down on small triggers. This week volumes are expected to rise; however, stability may not follow. This week brings data and events that could move the busier markets in volatile...

The ADP Non-Farm Employment Change issued by Automatic Data Processing was released Wednesday, showing a worse-than-expected amount and was a record change below the forecast for the measure. The ADP Non-Farm Employment Change measures the estimated change in the number of employed people...

U.S. stocks rebounded from a two-day losing streak as investors found plenty of positives in consumer confidence data which hit a six-year high in March. According to the Fed's Philadelphia chief Charles Plosser the Fed sees its bond purchasing program ending in October or November with rate...

Markets ended the day mixed with the S&P 500 ending a two day losing streak. The Dow ended the day slightly in the negative as several Dow components failed to fully satisfy investor expectations with their earnings today. Investors also digested the latest commentary coming from the Wall...

Investors don't need to be reminded that 2013 was a great year for equities. But how great was it really? These are some facts that solidify 2013 as one of the best bull market years in some time. Looking Back Through 2013The S&P 500 Index rose approximately 29 percent in 2013 beating...

After much anticipation and heavily speculation the Federal Reserve announced a $10 billion per month taper. Treasury purchases will be cut to $40 billion per month with MBS purchases cut to $35 billion per month. The Fed's move shouldn't come as a surprise as recent economic data and...

If you keep track of the markets during the average day, it is hard not to get sucked into the vortex of noise. The media and pundits seem at times to act almost as shills and casino hosts encouraging players to pick up the action and move the money around looking for a win. The constant...

Stock futures declined before the equity markets opened after the ADP employment report showed a higher than expected 215,000 jobs were added during the month of November. Investors and traders were spooked by the report that solidifies the Fed's case to begin tapering. Traders and investors...