Money Printing?? - Hasn't Happened

Maybe I am being naive but I think I figured out the technical way the Fed worked before almost anyone on Wall St. (Hoisington had it figured out) The knowledge and my efforts have cost me dearly as the perceived truth is much more powerful than actual truth. (i.e. David Teppers comments become gospel though completely 100% wrong in how the whole thing actually works) In other words it is a puzzle I wish I never would have solved. Sunday on 60 minutes Bernanke said the Fed wasn't printing money after saying in 2009 and 2002 he could. Now all of a sudden several Wall St firms analysts are echoing him. No one thinks!!! If the Fed says it must be gospel so when Bernank said he was printing money everyone assumed he was without actually looking. I have about determined Wall St. never thinks. It is 100% about gaming others, not fundamentals.

Below are a few excerpts by Morgan Stanleys David Greenlaw. (who also had it figured out earlier than most) The entire thing I can be found here. It is the best description I have read explaining a very complicated topic.

QE2 departs from the textbook. The issue is confusing because all of us who took a basic undergraduate Money & Banking class learned that a central bank's open market purchase of securities was effectively the same thing as printing money.[My comment - no one actually challenges the textbook. No one challenges perceived truth!!!] But the experience of the last few years has taught us that this logic is not always correct. In fact, Fed officials have been reluctant to adopt the QE terminology because the impact of asset purchases is all about rates - not quantities.

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Fed will respond to inflation as needed. Interestingly, the market moves that we are seeing in currencies, commodities, inflation expectations, etc., appear to reflect a belief that the Fed has been printing money - or will do so at some point down the road as the money multiplier normalizes. Bernanke tried to address this point in the 60 Minutes interview. He indicated that the Fed could raise rates in "15 minutes" if necessary and that he is "100%" certain of the Fed's ability to respond to an inflation threat. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the Fed will follow through on this pledge - and it remains to be seen what the FOMC will consider to be a legitimate inflation threat. But the market moves that appeared to coincide with the reintroduction of Fed asset purchases reflect speculation - as opposed to a fundamental supply/demand shift - because there hasn't been any money creation to date. Ultimately, the success or failure of the Fed's asset purchase policy will depend on an interest rate transmission mechanism, not a quantity channel.