http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/#comment-117212 Lazy Man and Money Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:57:40 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/#comment-117212 I'd like to think that he doesn't have that kind of power, but it seemed like the markets were moving with what he had to say. It was really interesting to watch as he answered quite a bit of questions relating to Americans' personal finances - things like how people have too credit card debt, no savings, etc. I’d like to think that he doesn’t have that kind of power, but it seemed like the markets were moving with what he had to say. It was really interesting to watch as he answered quite a bit of questions relating to Americans’ personal finances – things like how people have too credit card debt, no savings, etc.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/#comment-117204 Kevin Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:29:14 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/#comment-117204 Sure: I will often blame daily market movements on myriad events such as words from the Fed Chief. HOWEVER, daily market movements are just noise in the system, so they don't interest me in the least except for the evidence of herd behavior they reveal on Wall Street. Sure: I will often blame daily market movements on myriad events such as words from the Fed Chief. HOWEVER, daily market movements are just noise in the system, so they don’t interest me in the least except for the evidence of herd behavior they reveal on Wall Street.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/#comment-117197 JR Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:43:14 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/07/18/2436/#comment-117197 I don't believe the wider financial world listens to Bernanke yet. He's still under the enormous shadow of Greenspan, and nothing he says will have anything close to the impact of his predecessor. I don’t believe the wider financial world listens to Bernanke yet. He’s still under the enormous shadow of Greenspan, and nothing he says will have anything close to the impact of his predecessor.

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