Fed Tapering: They Had No Intention Of Doing It

“Ben Bernanke went over a whole list of things to describe why the US economy was not strong enough for a taper. How is that going to change in four weeks? It’s not. If the Fed was going to taper, they would have done it in September, not wait until October. Everybody was ready for a taper, the markets were prepared for a taper. All they had to do was deliver on those expectations. The fact that they didn’t do it meant they had no intention of doing it.” - in Europac Metals Blog


Peter Schiff is a well-known commentator appearing regularly on CNBC, TechTicker and FoxNews. He is often referred to as "Doctor Doom" because of his bearish outlook on the economy and the U.S. Dollar in particular. Peter was one of the first from within the professional investment field to call the housing market a bubble. Peter has written a book called "Crash Proof" and a follow-on called "The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets". He is the President of EuroPacific Capital, which is a brokerage specializing in finding dividend-yielding, value-based foreign stocks.