Bloomberg - The First Word

May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Peter Kenny, managing director for institutional sales at Knight Capital Group Inc., a financial services company in Jersey City, New Jersey, says the potential for Federal Reserve tapering of quantitative easing "has ushered in more volatility" in financial markets. Kenny talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 30 (Bloomberg) -- Jeremy Stretch, head of currency strategy at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, says yen weakening is "toward the end of the process." Stretch talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Costerg, an economist at Standard Chartered Bank in London, says the Federal Reserve "will have to think harder" about its 6.5% unemployment target before lifting its asset purchase program. Costerg talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

March 28 (Bloomberg) -- Gennadiy Goldberg, a U.S. strategist at TD Securities Inc. in New York, says Federal Reserve policymakers are signaling that investors should pay more attention to investment fundamentals. Goldberg talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Jane Foley, senior currency strategist at Rabobank International, says "because of fiscal headwinds," the Federal Reserve will not start withdrawing its asset purchases until January 2014. Foley talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Ballew, chief global economist at Dun & Bradstreet Corp. in Short Hills, New Jersey, says there are "some signs" of asset bubbles. Ballew talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Nathan Sheets, global head of international economics at Citigroup Inc., says Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will signal that asset purchases will continue "for quite some time." Sheets talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Mayo, an analyst at CLSA Ltd., says because of regulatory and management risks at JPMorgan Chase, he prefers to invest in other banks. Mayo talks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Vitner, managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC, says the Federal Reserve will "gradually reduce" its asset purchase programs starting in December. Vitner talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Edward Keon, portfolio manager and managing director at Newark, New Jersey-based Quantitative Management Associates LLC, a unit of Prudential Financial Inc., says earnings growth for U.S. stocks "is not terribly robust, but it is positive." Keon talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- William Marshall, an interest-rate strategist at Credit Suisse Group AG in New York, says the Federal Reserve may cut its QE asset purchases to about $60 billion starting in September. Marshall talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Joseph Uva, chief executive officer of Univision Communications Inc and Brad Adgate, director of research at New York advertising company Horizon Media Inc., say Hispanics in the U.S. have $1 trillion of spending power. Uva and Adgate talk with Bloomberg's Tom Keene, Scarlet Fu and Sara Eisen on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Peter Dixon, global equities economist at Commerzbank AG, says the latest "poor" economic data shows that European nations "have failed to use the time the European Central Bank has bought for them" to institute structural economic reforms. Dixon talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Dutta, head U.S. economist at Renaissance Macro Research LLC, says the rise in housing values will help the many entrepreneurs who finance their small businesses with the equity in their homes. Dutta talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)

May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Drew Matus, senior U.S. economist at UBS Securities, says shale oil is "a big driver of U.S. economic activity" and is propelling the nation ahead of much of the rest of the world. Matus talks with Bloomberg's Bob Moon on Bloomberg Radio's "Bloomberg - The First Word." (Source: Bloomberg)