Federal Reserve

Money manager Kenneth Heebner, convinced that a growing U.S. economy eventually will prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, has bet 21% of his CGM Focus Fund (CGMFX) on a decline in U.S. Treasury bonds. The $1.44 billion Capital Growth Management LP fund, which he uses to make wagers

The CEO of Research Affiliates on what must happen with the budget and entitlements, and what will happen if the markets lose confidence in U.S. currency

Even if Chairman Ben Bernanke is replaced after his term expires, the risk of the Fed stepping on the brakes in 2013 appears small.

In his latest white paper, "The 13th Labour of Hercules: capital Preservation in the Age of Financial Repression," James Montier, a member of GMO's asset allocation team, looks at how monetary policy that creates consistently negative interest rates has impacted investing. Included in this paper is

Central-bank purchases of bonds will help spur U.S. economic growth to 2.5% next year and 3.5% in 2014 without fueling inflation, according to John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

The Fed initiated QE3 (last week) by announcing its plan to buy $40 billion per month of agency mortgage-backed securities, finishing Operation Twist by year end and keeping the federal funds rate at 0 to ¼ percent through at least mid-2015. Additionally, “If the outlook for the labor market does

The Federal Reserve said it will expand its holdings of long-term securities with open-ended purchases of $40 billion of mortgage debt a month in a third round of quantitative easing as it seeks to boost growth and reduce unemployment.

Gold is poised to climb the most in two years as prospects for more economic stimuli by governments stoke demand for the precious metal as a bet against inflation, a survey shows.

William C. Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said new rules are needed to protect the financial system from a run on money-market mutual funds.

Governors say central bank could cut money-fund firms off at the source; 'capital drain'

The Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates at a historically low level has been called a “war on savers” — and fee-only financial advisers are right there in the foxholes with them, according to Don Phillips, president of fund research at Morningstar Inc.