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>> one of the things as we move forward. we are going to have to taper. we are going to have to pull back the reins on all of this fed influence in the economy. we have never been here before. how do we know we are doing it right? >> we dont. it works well on my blackboard. i have been teaching it for 20 years but it is a theory. it hasnt been done. im not sure why they are doing it so soon given that high unemployment and continuing economy. >> the kindling is just starting to burn taking away ...

Individuals, for investment banks, for everyone to get into this market. and thats one of the reasons the crisis was so difficult to deal with. >> the big reform was dodd/frank. it operated on the premise that the regulators who missed the last crisis, not to mention all previous crisis, will be so much smarter with new power that theyll predict the next one. thats the premise. its -- and they have more power. but likely to happen? >> i dont think its likely to happen. regulators, by definition,...

But i dont think the end of the tapering is the end of the world, but i dont see why -- >> meantime, the american people, when you ask the question are you safer today than you were five years ago, they dont think they were. they havent recovered. europes cover piece says the banks won. the american people dont feel like they won. >> and i think this goes to the disconnect between wall street and main street. if you ask the bigger risk to the economy right now, i dont think its necessarily anoth...

Financial crisis. >> as a behaviorist everything and you hear about summers would tell you, hes one of these guys that even if its not broke, hes going to break it, which is scary. because theres a big -- >> hes the smartest guy in the room. >> thats a scary place to be -- >> would the cultural anthropologist think he has a good feel. >> the only big question right now, with the markets watching, when does a fed actually start tapering. when do they start rolling back this purchase of securities...

Glad to get back to cnbc. but, yes, i missed a bit of this mini rout, but investors must not get too earned. were still up 16% for the year on the s&p and this despite quantitative easing will be taken away and its all about the tapering that people are nervous about. we think it will start in mid september. elsewhere the fed has found out 18 large banks are weak in at least one key capital area, all part of the stressors. they havent named individual banks, but its all about reporting modeling ...

Sessions of economic growth although they do expect to pick up the growth. no word on tapering as well which is when we get the removal of stimulus. elsewhere a victory for the retail industry which had gone to court over federal reserve rule which said the credit card industry could charge 21 cents per transaction, swipe fees per transaction. they said this was set too high and now a lower swipe fee transaction cost may well be fed to consumers. victory to retailers over banks and card companie...

Asset classes and get out of bonds and get in stocks. if you missed it, you missed it. get over it and get on with your life. at the end of the day, you go back to what bernanke is doing. to a degree, its fear mongering itself. i think washingtons actually scared of growth. for him to blame policymakers, you know if he just got out of the way and got on with it. if the tapering, got on with it, you know what would happen, dollar would strengthen and interest rates rise just like we saw in the 19...

Along two big asset classes, stocks and bonds. so you get out of bonds and you have these pullbacks in stocks. i like to buy them on 3 to 6% pullback, so if you missed it, you missed it. you have to get over it and get on with your life. if you get back to what bernanke is really doing here, i think to a degree its fear-mongering itself. washington is actually scared of growth. for him to blame policymakers, if he just fwot ogot out of the and got on with it, if the tapering got on with it, the ...

Will there be tapering of kwa t quantitatetive easing? google is going to try to get a television market. some of the roadblocks could include the fact that current deals between distributors and indeed the channels themselves prohibit any other form of devices getting those chance to the market as well. something to watch for the future for sure. >> little disconnect with mcdonalds. they gave the sort of financial planning website for their employees but i even looked at it. they expect their e...

But the headline this week is going to be what ben bernanke says. hell be speaking again. but this time to the house services committee. he moved markets when he reassured investors about the timing of tapering. we have nearly one-third of the dow reporting and 75 companies on the s&p 500, the likes of coal cola, goldman sachs, morgan stanley, microsoft. some of the big ones to watch out for. apple is also in focus. this is a continuation of the story about the companys declining fortunes. the l...