Author: Veronica A. Fulton, Research Analyst In 2008-2009, the banking system and financial markets were on the brink of collapse. To such an extent that the Fed embarked on quantitative easing for the first time ever, after already lowering the Federal Funds rate to virtually zero. These measures were deemed necessary in order to boost [...] The post Unwinding a Bubble is Like Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop appeared first on ETF Trends .