Fed set to knock another $10B off its quantitative easing program

Breakfast with Benjamin: At Bernanke's final meeting, Fed poised to cut another $10B from its bond-buying program. Plus: CEOs struggle to manage expectations, income tax pain hits home, a tale of two homebuilder ETFs, and young folks aren't biting on the Obamacare sales pitch.

DEC 20, 2013

By Jeff Benjamin

I'm not sure what kind of economic data that Fed is reading, but apparently it sees enough of a rosy hue to justify another level of tapering. Despite sluggish GDP growth and ridiculously fuzzy unemployment numbers, the Fed seems poised to trim its bond-buying program by another $10 billion, down to $65 billion a month. Ben Bernanke's final meeting
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A tale of two homebuilder ETFs. It all depends on how you define homebuilding. Boosted by the December taper announcement
You can lead young people to Obamacare, but you can't make them buy it. Just 24% of enrollees are between 18 and 34

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Fed set to knock another $10B off its quantitative easing program

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