Ben Bernanke

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  Time to Exit Market, Warn El-Erian, Rosenberg, Kotlikoff

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2013

  PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian is one of many prominent names voicing a deep skepticism of the stock market, suggesting the time to exit risky assets is at hand.

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  Bernanke Talks and 10-Year Treasury Yield Zooms Past 2%

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2013

  Bernanke admits that savers who rely on interest income from savings accounts or government bonds are receiving very low returns even as low interest rates have helped create jobs and support home prices.

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  DoubleLine’s Gundlach Crushes Notion of Great Rotation, Bond Bubble

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 11, 2013

  The Fed and the U.S. Treasury clearly don’t want any customers outside of central banks and active traders like himself, DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach says.

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  Peter Schiff: The Dollar’s Collapse Is (Still) Coming

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 22, 2013

  Where’s the dollar’s collapse, the sky-high inflation, societal chaos, the oceans of fire? The outspoken head of Euro Pacific Precious Metals has warned of the dire consequences of Fed action for what seems like forever.

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  Invasion of the Yield Chasers! Even PIMCO Joins Horde

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2013

  Considering the frustratingly low yields in risky junk bonds and a moderately steep Treasury yield curve, where do opportunities lie for fixed-income investors?

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  Fed Holds Rates, QE in Place as Congress Holds Budget Hostage

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2013

  In its efforts to prop up the economy by keeping interest rates down, the Fed will keep buying $85 billion a month in Treasury and mortgage-backed securities.

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  Citing ‘Washington Math,’ Pioneer’s Taubes Sees Little Sequester Drag on GDP

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 27, 2013

  Speaking with Greg Valliere, Taubes says $85 billion in sequester cuts would only slow down economic growth; Valliere sees no significant tax reform for years.

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  Mixed Signals Give Gold Investors Whiplash

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  February 27, 2013

  What is going on with gold? Sharply contrasting trends seem to be giving investors whiplash.

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  Obama on Sequester: ‘No Smart Way’ to Cut $85 Billion in 7 Months

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  February 26, 2013

  Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the cuts would cause a 0.6 percentage-point drag on growth this year, and Speaker Boehner said senators should "get off their ass" and pass a replacement.

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  Jeremy Grantham: Not as Much Stock Doom With GDP Gloom

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  February 8, 2013

  In his quarterly letter, GMO’s chief market pessimist Jeremy Grantham reviews new data related to “likely lower GDP growth”—and presents a positive outlook.