re: Big FOMC Meeting Today

She's made some gaffes in press conferences that she shouldn't have (no need for her to comment on the fair value of biotech stocks). But those aside she's done a fairly good job so far. I'm trying to be as absolutely neutral as possible here and not compare her to her predecessor which I hold in extremely high regard. I think the time to judge Yellen's actions as a leader and chair will be this upcoming year.

This is all from an "output" perspective. As Russian has noted, she is an absolutely wonderful public speaker who engages the audience in a way that is somewhat similar to William Wallace from Braveheart, Denzel from Remember the Titans, mixed with a little bit of the president's speech from Independence Day. In no way am I bored at all during her press conferences.