Barker on the Market
March 3, 2005—Mike Barker, Investment and Retirement Management discusses the current inert state of the market and the factors that have had the largest impact in this sector over the past weeks. Barker looks at oil prices, interest rates and what Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan meant when he described a conundrum in the interest rate arena. Also discussed, the upcoming unemployment news and events in the areas of social security, tax reform, corporate earnings guidance and the step-up in mergers and acquisitions.