It's all about the dots. Image source: iStock/Thinkstock. If you have any interest in bank stocks, then I have a chart you're going to want to see. It's called the dot plot. The dot plot is updated ...

The Fed’s dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate. The dot plot is updated every three months and is meant to provide ...

Investors get monthly interest rate updates from the Fed throughout the year, but four times per year the Fed also issues its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). The SEP includes a chart of ...

Wednesday'a question of the day was a bit of a head-scratcher. After listening intently to first the FOMC statement and then the ensuing press conference, the question apparently on investors' minds ...

Sept 15 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is due to announce its latest rate decision on Thursday. In light of the rhetoric from policymakers in the lead up to the meeting, expectations are for the bank ...

In the Fed's release Wednesday there will be one chart that has the power to rock the markets — though it probably will not. That's the Fed's interest rate forecast, commonly known as the "dot plot." ...

Despite numerous lectures by Chairman Yellen about the proper interpretation of the dot plots, most talking heads still don’t get it. They insist on treating them as a promise of things to come. In ...

Tech rises then falls based on the FOMC meeting … evaluating the odds of a rate hike … tools you can use to help plan your market approach On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ...

Bank stocks could be in for another great year if the Federal Reserve's latest dot plot turns out to be accurate. The dot plot is updated each time the Federal Reserve votes on whether to raise or ...

The Fed's dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official's projection for the central bank's key short-term interest rate. The dot plot is updated every three months and is meant to provide ...