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Zürich (awp) - Der Schweizer Aktienmarkt hat den Handel am Mittwoch mit ziemlich deutlichen Verlusten abgeschlossen. Nachdem der Leitindex SMI die in der ersten Handelshälfte erlittenen Abgaben bis am frühen Nachmittag noch eingrenzen konnte, drückten ihn gegen Börsenschluss vor allem die Gewinnmitnahmen der Pharmaschwergewichte Roche und Novartis ins Minus. Dabei konnte der Index die Marke von 11900 Punkten knapp nicht verteidigen. In dem an Impulsen äusserst armen Handel war allgemein v...

How the Fed Fails Gamed speculation — using knowledge of how markets can be pushed to profit those doing the pushing — has long been decried. Declaring that the unproductive profiteering of greedy speculators will be the death of the Republic goes back to Rome, and in American history, to Alexander Hamilton’s battle in 1791 to pay the speculators who had bought up the new nation’s war bonds for pennies on the dollar full value plus interest. Gamed speculation — and the cheery presumpt...

Asian markets flat to lower. on wall street, whats going to happen? futures leaning up here. it looks like a bons or attempt to bounce after a tough day. stocks down two days in a row on trade tensions between the u.s. and china ahead of the really important trade talks this week. the dow closed 314 points lower. the s&p fell 1.6%, the nasdaq, 1.7%. the fed chief jerome powell said the fed will soon start buying short-term treasuries to help stabilize short term lending markets. >> well add to t...

>> im not thrilled because, you know, we go up and every time you go up, they want to raise rates again. i dont really -- i am not happy about it. but at the same time, im letting them do what they feel is best. i dont like all of this work that goes into doing what were doing. >> is it a safe bet that the fed follows the numbers and continues the policy? or does the fed get intimidated by the president at all? >> well, no. the expectation is that the fed will, despite the presidents unusual int...

271,000 jobs added. that dwarfed estimates for about 180,000 jobs. that means that the headline unemployment number has come down to just 5%, a level that a lot of economists consider full employment. if we dig into the actual monthly numbers, you can see 271,000. this is what youre looking at, the headline unemployment number. this shows we are now at 5%, jose. the last time we were at 5% was basically before the crisis, 2008. this is a big improvement in the labor market. in terms of sectors, ...

Wall street at multi-year highs, but this just as we learn that jobs market just isnt working. and what gives? the traders are betting the fed will. when the central bank meets this week it could consider a third bond buying binge called qe3 in washington. the translation, the banks will print more money to buy what could be hundreds of billions of bonds for mortgage debt. how? well, the aim is to lower long-term interest rates and stimulate more businesses and consumers to borrow and spend, jum...

Wall street at multi-year highs, but this just as we learn that jobs market just isnt working. and what gives? the traders are betting the fed will. when the central bank meets this week it could consider a third bond buying binge called qe3 in washington. the translation, the banks will print more money to buy what could be hundreds of billions of bonds for mortgage debt. how? well, the aim is to lower long-term interest rates and stimulate more businesses and consumers to borrow and spend, jum...

Wall street at multi-year highs, but this just as we learn that jobs market just isnt working. and what gives? the traders are betting the fed will. when the central bank meets this week it could consider a third bond buying binge called qe3 in washington. the translation, the banks will print more money to buy what could be hundreds of billions of bonds for mortgage debt. how? well, the aim is to lower long-term interest rates and stimulate more businesses and consumers to borrow and spend, jum...

The police stopped in a cloud of what they suspected was marijuana spoke. obviously this is not the first time that paris has had run ins with law. she spent 23 days in jail after pleading no contest to reckless driving. >> julie: all right. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke vowing to keep america from slipping into recession. central bank will keep the economy moving. gary is president of coltbaum and associates. thanks for talking to you? >> bernanke says we are not at pointed where the fe...