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Credit Suisse 'Very Positive' On U.S. REITs: Upgrades Seven Stocks, Downgrades Three
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 9:22am | 520Ian Weissman of Credit Suisse commented in a note on Thursday that REITs stocks are "attractively valued" relative to the "strong underlying performance" and valuation of real estate across the United States. This, coupled with a "constructive" macroeconomic backdrop...
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Sterne Agee: Fed Committed On International Growth And Domestic Inflation
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 11:30am | 310Lindsey Piegza, Sterne Agee's chief economist commented earlier this week on the Fed's October meeting minutes. While the minutes offered no specifics of a timeline for rate increases, it focused mostly on new barriers to rate hikes. “In the September minutes, international...
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Analysts Expect Fed To Hike Discount Rate
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 7:04am | 180According to an article on MarketWatch, analysts expect the Fed to hike the discount rate again when they meet today. This would widen the gap between the discount rate and fed funds rate, which is more closely-watched. The Board of Governors is scheduled to meet today to consider the discount rate...
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Fed's Richard Fisher Says, “Low Fed Rates For Some Time”
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 11:54am | 137The US economy is unlikely to go into a double-dip recession, but the recovery will be anemic, said Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher on CNBC today. "It is sort of a post-traumatic shock syndrome" that the economy goes through and it will take a long time to cure,” Fisher said. On...