The Concern of Deflation

The Fed Minutes from the October meeting were released yesterday, and the hot topic was the concern over deflation.  This news caused stocks to tumble and investors to pour their money into the security of Treasury Notes. Generally, the Fed has two jobs: the first is...

Economic News Update

The big news of late has been the potential government bailout of the Detroit Three: General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Because of poor sales, our domestic auto makers are running out of cash and can’t keep up with costs. The concern is that if the government...

Market Talk

The market has swung wildly since last week. Fed Day last Wednesday brought the expected .5% rate cut, bringing the Fed Funds Rate (the rate at which banks lend money to each other) to 1.0%. As consumers, this will affect and decrease Prime Rate. Rates saw great...

The October 9th Coincidence

The overall intention of the Rescue Plan was not just to create liquidity in the marketplace, but more importantly to promote consumer confidence. So far, it’s not working… Both the stock market and the bond market have been hit extremely hard. Rates have...