By Rutherford Investments on May 11, 2010
Rutherford Investment Management, LLC
Newsletter: 1st Quarter 2010
Near Term Market Outlook
Since March 9th of last year, the market has seen a steady, if uneven rise. This rise has largely been fueled by the policies of the Federal Reserve.
The Fed provided massive bailouts of the banking sector, enormous liquidity to the credit markets and interest rates [...]
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Posted in Quarterly Client Newsletters | Tagged banking sector, credit markets, federal reserve, interest rates
By Rutherford Investments on November 14, 2008
The three little pigs and the big bad wolf (a fable)
Published in Brainstorm Northwest, November 2008
Once upon a time there was a happy community. In the community there lived a Wizard. Some called him the Maestro, others called him an Oracle. In any event, he was called on from time to time to make Big [...]
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Posted in Greenspan, Other Writings | Tagged alan greenspan, federal reserve, federal reserve interest rate, retirement accounts
By Rutherford Investments on November 10, 2008
U.S. government has become irreversibly involved in many businesses’ affairs
One day in the not-too distant past, seemingly eons ago, top executives of Lehman Brothers met with Federal Reserve and Treasury officials at the Federal Reserve offices in New York. At issue was what to do about Lehman. A top Lehman executive reportedly told government officials [...]
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Posted in Daily Journal of Commerce | Tagged alan greenspan, bailout package, federal reserve, federal reserve offices, government loan, investment bank, lehman brothers, treasury officials, treasury secretary