Fed watchers are spinning over Janet Yellen’s mixed messages
Breakfast with Benjamin brings you up to speed on reactions to Janet Yellen's mixed messages on the U.S. job market, gold's surge, and Russian mutual funds' fall.
- The Fed’s paradox: Seeing the U.S. job market as both half full and half empty. Janet Yellen is definitely either ahead of the curve or behind it
- Hedge funder, John Paulson, sticks to his gold-bull guns. Four straight quarters in the gold ETF
- The gold rush continues, as the precious metal is headed toward a second weekly gain as a safe-haven play. Firmly above $1,300 an ounce
- The U.S. stock market might be shrugging off the geopolitical unrest, but Russian mutual funds are being hit with withdrawals. July’s outflows were four times higher than June’s outflows
- TSA cracks down on baggage handlers with sticky fingers. Thieves are drawn to expensive-looking luggage
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