Volatility Continues After Fed Moves
After the Federal Reserve’s historic move Sunday night to bail out ailing Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), and Tuesday’s Fed move to cut the interest rate, stock markets responded by resuming their volatility. The markets have continued to react with intensified daily volatility as this latest period of robust buying and selling kicked into high gear last Friday, when Bear Stearns' troubles became public. With JP Morgan-Chase (NYSE: JPM) and the Fed springing into action on the heels of Bear Stearns’ announcement of liquidity problems last week, the market averted a potentially massive sell-off on Friday. By Monday, the Fed’s additional…