Second Bank of the United States

• A Stimulus-Crazed World

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  October 24, 2012

  Can central bankers reflate the world to prosperity?

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  Can Fed’s Operation Twist Reverse Sliding Economy?

  By Ron DeLegge, ETFguide.com  |  September 30, 2011

  The Fed most recently said it would shift around $400 billion from short-term debt into longer-term U.S. Treasuries with maturities as short as six years to as long as 30 years. But will it work?

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  Furious at Finance

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  March 1, 2011

• The Fed and Its Enemies

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  February 1, 2010

  The Federal Reserve is under siege. Proposals abound to curtail the institution's power, through stepped-up congressional involvement or the transfer of some of its responsibilities...

• The Tumultuous 19th Century

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  January 1, 2010

  On September 12, 1857, Commander William Lewis Herndon, in full uniform and with head bowed, stood by the wheel of the SS Central America as...