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Mike Novogratz, president of Fortress Investment Group (NYSE: FIG) and former Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) partner, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box on Wednesday, where he had much to say about the possibility of the Federal Reserve tapering. Novogratz was on the day after the Founder and President of...

The master of hedge funds, Founder and President of Appaloosa Management David Tepper, sat in on CNBC's Squawk Box for part of Tuesday morning. While on, he gave his outlook on the market and addressed the growing worries around the Federal Reserve tapering back. "I'm definitely bullish. I mean...

Friday morning, much of the financial world tuned into Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks at the annual Conference on Bank Structure that took place in Chicago. Among the highlights of the speech was Bernankes' unexpected deviation from his prepared remarks, which found him mentioning...

Futures Lower on Weak U.K. Employment Data, Easing Fears U.S. equity futures declined in the pre-market following weaker than expected U.K. employment data which showed that the U.K. economy lost jobs unexpectedly in March. Also, fears over the massive global QE, specifically in the U.S. and Japan...

Futures Rise With Global Shares U.S. equity futures rose in early trade Thursday as global shares gained on new stimulus rounds. Asian shares rallied and European shares gained for the third straight day as sovereign bond yields on peripheral nations declined. Top News In other news around the...

Minutes from the Federal Reserve's March meeting showed that some members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) were, at least at that point, favoring tapering off bond purchases sooner than later. Since then, we had a disappointing payroll report, showing that the number of new jobs...

Futures Edge Lower Despite Asian Gains, Oil Retreats From Highs U.S. equity futures edged slightly lower in early pre-market trade following gains from Asia as energy futures retreated from range highs touched Tuesday. Also, weak economic data from Europe as well as post-Cyprus fears weighed on...

Everyday, economists vent their opinions on the Federal Reserve's easing policies and each one touts the need for easing. However, more focus has been given to the risks of expansionary monetary policy lately, mainly those of inflation. Well, here is one chart that clearly, substantially, and...

The FOMC released its interest rate and policy decision statement today alongside updated economic forecasts creating little news. In fact, the only real news was in the forecasts as they changed slightly, but the FOMC reiterated its stance to continue easing so long as the employment market...

Futures Flat On Draghi Stimulus Comments U.S. equity futures were relatively flat in early trade following comments from ECB President Mario Draghi. Draghi said that the bank has no intention of tightening policy anytime soon as inflation runs below target and that the bank is far from...