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...It was so abnormal,” said Ben Schweitzer, portfolio manager at Ellington Management Group....
...When the Fed and markets move together it is difficult to figure out who is watching whom — former Fed chair Ben Bernanke called it the “hall of mirrors” problem....
...Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of fixed income at BlackRock, sees more price disruption to come, as artificial intelligence promises to further transform some industries....
...As former Fed chair Ben Bernanke wrote on his blog last month: “A lower value of r* implies that current policy is not as expansionary as thought....
...“When you go around the world and compare core government rates, US Treasuries are very attractive,” says Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of fixed income at BlackRock....
...On the premise that the Yellen Fed will behave consistently with the Ben Bernanke Fed, where she was a prominent voice and later vice-chairman, the index has been flashing that policy tightening is imminent...
...In recent comments, both Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and New York Fed president William Dudley have endorsed a slowdown of purchases designed to suppress long-term interest rates once the economy has enough...
...“Now, that policy will remain in place, whether Bernanke stays or goes, until we get close to full employment,” Mr Rieder said....
...If there was any doubt before about the Federal Reserve’s commitment to drive investors into riskier assets, Ben Bernanke has dispelled it....
...In addition, you will obviously see a cheapening of the dollar,” says Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer for fixed income....
...But Mr Rieder expects interest rates to remain in a narrow range....
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