bill baruch is the senior market strategist at iitrader. to juice the economy, the fed wanted investors to start buying higher return assets. is that happening because of the announcement the fed would extend the time to hold rates down? > > what the fed is doing is keeping rates down. they're artificially keeping rates down in one area, which is going to put the rate of volatility higher in another area. they're encouraging homebuying on these low rates as well as investing in higher yields, searching for yield as you can say. and things like equities as well: gold is really seeing a tremendous move from this low volatility in the bond market, and as a safehaven as the dollar gets debased. gold has traded tremendously over the past couple of months, about a month- and-a-half or so. once it got above $1,633, it was kind of off to the races. this week in particular, holding $1,750 was great. i think once the market gets to $1,800, we're going to see a lot of investors trying to jump in who think they may miss the move. as for equities, i wou

bill manbo love the landscape. and he loved using his camera to capture the various hues and moods of the camera. this is a shot at dawn. there is a single light. there is a second baruch in on the right, there is a single illuminated window, that is the only light you see other than those dangling from the light posts. the snow -- smoke coming from the chimney. if any of you are photographers, you will be impressed no that the asa speed of the film -- the kodachrome was 10. so to capture a photograph like this at dawn with the 10 asa film, he was not about photographer, bill manbo. he loved to shoot portraits, too. mary and sammy, his wife and son, brother and sister. very striking, very handsome photograph of his wife and brother-in-law. he especially loved shooting photographs of children. as we all do. billy, his little son, -- leaning to one side in a military cap. it might be a marble or something else they are playing with. this is a little group of children who are little but ragtag looking. but adorable sitting in front of the barracks. that is billy on the right with the blue hat and cautious. little baseball bat, the little mini baseball bat looking thing. t