maybe and maybe not...long term it appears that easing has not resulted in disaster...and that removing the stimulus will not immediately wreck the bond market...if the fed were to begin slowly to withdraw its qe policy in the middle of next year and the economy heals substantially by then there should be no problem...more

maybe if cumulus added a balanced approach they would recover..but for particularly wabc in new york its a steady drumbeat from noon until 8 of conservative talking points that are wearing out as the public becomes less enamored with that which the conservatives advocate like lowering taxes further and stripping the...more

i am 80% in cash as well...and what i do have in the market is only in dividend paying stocks which average 4%....those who are patient and have cash will end play this by waiting  until rates go up again which should be by 2016...and cd's will be paying 4% for ten years.... big difference between 2 and 4 for retire...more

you are all forgetting about the way the tax code subsidizes all of us especially upper income earners who can deducti...state property taxes, state income taxes, all of their mortgage interest etc...and those very wealthy who can take advantage of even more of the loopholes that allow things like carried interest t...more

when we stop paying athletes outragous salaries and start paying scientists and mathmatcians, physicists and others who are far more valuable then maybe our kids won't be so hung up on friday night football and they will go to school to learn..this is a lot of nonsense

the bill for all food like in europe should have a gratuity attached that has to be paid.....not complicated

if  you are in dividend stocks for income and you diversify even if the market goes down your income will remain the same and you can pick up the stocks at a cheaper price with an even higher yield...forget the' growth stories...chipotle, apple, netflix, all go up and all go down...dividend stocks go down as well but...more

this will all end very badly..what mr flekenstein however cannot tell you is when it will end the fed says that it will continue to buy longer term securities until the unemployement rate reaches 6.5%..that could take a decade or it could happen by 2015 but in any event as long as they print money and keep interest ...more

and that etf would be down 2% today....even though the 30 year bond was only up 5 basis points there is no way to play the bond market short term or long either you believe interest rates will stay at these levels or you think they will move up after election....betting a leveraged etf on rates going down further is...more