When we arrived at the top, however, the path branched out into more narrow, winding roads.

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We first had rumours of a Wall Street Journal article suggesting the Fed had mapped out a strategy for the winding down of QE.

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But one of those friends forwarded it on and it went viral, going out on listservs and eventually winding up on Gawker sites, Jezebel (for women) and Deadspin (for sports addicts).

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