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Is Ben Bernanke Swimming Against the Tide?

By Chris Hill – May 22, 2013 at 6:30PM

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Is this a battle that the Fed can win?

The following video is from Wednesday's Investor Beat, in which host Chris Hill and analysts Matt Koppenheffer and Matt Argersinger dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day.

Fed Chief Ben Bernanke testified before Congress today and said that the U.S. job market is still weak. Bernanke said it's too soon for the Fed to end its stimulus program. What do his comments mean for investors? Where can investors find value when the Fed does begin winding down its quantitative easing policies? In this installment of Investor Beat, our analysts tackle those questions.

The relevant video segment can be found between 0:16 and 2:48.

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