The Fed’s Wild and Woolly Year

We now have the full transcripts of the Fed’s meetings from the year 2008 – the wildest era the institution has ever had to navigate through in modern times. As the world broke apart and began to melt down, there were some astonishing conversations being held by the nation’s monetary officials and economists are now combing through them in perhaps the greatest econo-archeological dig of all time.

Bloomberg Brief is out with a piece that reconstructs the timeline and pulls out some of the juicier comments and jokes being made by the committee to save the world at the time. I grabbed this great illustration of the sequence of events:

Screen Shot 2014-02-22 at 9.34.13 AM

 

Source:

Dissecting the Financial Crisis (Bloomberg Brief)

This content, which contains security-related opinions and/or information, is provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon in any manner as professional advice, or an endorsement of any practices, products or services. There can be no guarantees or assurances that the views expressed here will be applicable for any particular facts or circumstances, and should not be relied upon in any manner. You should consult your own advisers as to legal, business, tax, and other related matters concerning any investment.

The commentary in this “post” (including any related blog, podcasts, videos, and social media) reflects the personal opinions, viewpoints, and analyses of the Ritholtz Wealth Management employees providing such comments, and should not be regarded the views of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. or its respective affiliates or as a description of advisory services provided by Ritholtz Wealth Management or performance returns of any Ritholtz Wealth Management Investments client.

References to any securities or digital assets, or performance data, are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute an investment recommendation or offer to provide investment advisory services. Charts and graphs provided within are for informational purposes solely and should not be relied upon when making any investment decision. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The content speaks only as of the date indicated. Any projections, estimates, forecasts, targets, prospects, and/or opinions expressed in these materials are subject to change without notice and may differ or be contrary to opinions expressed by others.

Wealthcast Media, an affiliate of Ritholtz Wealth Management, receives payment from various entities for advertisements in affiliated podcasts, blogs and emails. Inclusion of such advertisements does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by the Content Creator or by Ritholtz Wealth Management or any of its employees. Investments in securities involve the risk of loss. For additional advertisement disclaimers see here: https://www.ritholtzwealth.com/advertising-disclaimers

Please see disclosures here.

What's been said:

Discussions found on the web
  1. click here commented on Sep 14

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Information here on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]

  2. Bitcoin Trading Software commented on Sep 23

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More Info here to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]

  3. Small child commented on Sep 25

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]

  4. is bitcoin revolution genuine commented on Sep 30

    … [Trackback]

    […] Info on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]

  5. garage door repair kanata commented on Nov 18

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Info here to that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]

  6. 안전놀이터 commented on Dec 09

    … [Trackback]

    […] Find More Info here on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]

  7. buy medate online commented on Jan 13

    … [Trackback]

    […] Read More on on that Topic: thereformedbroker.com/2014/02/22/the-feds-wild-and-woolly-year/ […]