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January 29, 2004
Greenspan Names That Tune too Soon
The Wall Street Journal had a nice graphical "diff" today of the minor text changes from last Federal Reserve meeting to the one yesterday. Fed Chairman Greenspan going from "considerable period" to "patient" cost some investors billions of dollars.
Ah, the power of words -- I bet some traders wish they could have bought back a few vowels.









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