] Based on this week's clubbing of the fixed-income market, ] it appears to me that the Fed has lost the confidence of ] the fixed-income market. Going forward, if this market ] begins to act like a vigilante instead of a liquidity hog ] and the dollar continues to go south while precious ] metals firm, it would be the clearest statement that the ] markets have at last concluded the Fed has blown it. ] ] ] Of course, the Fed blew it a long time ago. The only ] question has been when the masses would come to that ] conclusion The Fed has lost the bond markets confidence |