History Says Buy Stocks Ahead Of Bernanke's Jackson Hole Speech |
| August 31, 2012 | August 2012 Bond Updates |
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Betting on Bernanke, investors made bank the last couple of years buying into risk assets in the aftermath of the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. In 2010, when the Fed chief not-too-subtly hinted at QE2, investors that jumped in following the speech reaped returns in excess of 20% through the end of the year, the Russell 3000 index shows, while in 2011, when Operation Twist was in the back-burner, they made 9.3%. |
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