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It's the Motley Fool Money Radio Show. Thanks for joining us.

I'm Chris Hill, joining me in studio this week from Motley Fool 1, Jason Moser

from Motley Fool Income Investor James Early.

And from Fool.com, David Hansen. Good to see you guys.

Thanks. We have got the latest from Big Banks, Big Retail, and Big Tech.

Best selling author, Will Thorndike, breaks down on how some unconventional CEOs are finding success.

And as always, we will give you an inside look at the stocks on our radar.

But we begin this week with the Big Macro.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve issued a statement saying it intends to keep short-term interest rates

near zero going into 2015, and that the Fed will wait, quote,

a considerable time between the end of the bond buying program and the first hike in interest rates.

But at her first press conference as Fed Chief, Janet Yellen was asked to clarify what a considerable time meant.

She replied, probably something on the order of around six months or that type of thing.

And Jason, market took a dive after she said that.

I should point out the market finished up for the week.

What do you make of that drop? It seems like very short-term thinking on someone's part.

Well, it is. And I mean, it's a very difficult situation for her.

I think because she's jumping into the middle of really this major transition of this, you know,

tapering of the quantitative easing and sort of repairing or monetary policy,

more or less having to introduce herself to the entire world and understanding a little bit more from her perspective.

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