Ode To Capitalism

WSJ Markets

• Fed's Varied Voices Leave Market Guessing
  Bernanke said the Fed could start reducing bond buying "in the next few meetings" but warned against premature action, amid conflicting messages that roiled markets.
• Gap Is Starting to Look Overdressed
  Ahead of the Tape: Profits never go out of fashion. Sadly, the same can't be said for the wares on display at Gap and its competitors.
• Ghana Looks to Join Bond Bandwagon
  Ghana hopes to become the latest African country to ride the wave of cheap borrowing with the sale of a new bond aimed at international markets for only the second time in its history.
• Copper Rises on Supply Concerns
  Copper prices settled near six-week highs but pulled back from earlier peaks, as worries about the future of the Fed's monetary stimulus tempered suggestions of tighter supplies.