What Moves the Market

By Sam Bondy The actions of the stock market during the past few months have been mostly unprecedented.  The reasons underlying the volatility of major indices ranging from the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the S&P 500, were not so much due to financial analyses, but were sparked by comments made by people such as Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The “go-to” benchmark in determining how interest rates are being affected by market…