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Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... US and other Western economies should add wind to Asia's sails. "Current commitments by the ECB and the program of quantitative easing in the US mean that growth rates in these developed markets are likely to stabilise going forward, and that is good ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... rating sparked a global stock market sell-off in August 2011. Another danger is that the announcement of further quantitative easing could let inflation out the tube, unsettling investors and leading to negative market sentiment. One final concern is ...

Investor confidence hits 14 year low

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
State Street's global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) has posted its biggest drop in 14 years. Global investor confidence on the index fell from a revised reading in September of 87.3, to 80.6. The plummet in global confidence stemmed from a steep drop ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... of a more challenging economic environment for Australia anticipating a higher Aussie dollar as a side-effect of quantitative easing in the US, the Eurozone, the UK and Japan. "There's so much liquidity floating round the global system and much of it ...

It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... should give the Bank of England breathing space if and when it decides to follow the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ down the quantitative easing path. The good news out of Europa doesn't stop here folks. ZEW Center for European Economic Research index of investor ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... Investors should expect greater volatility in foreign exchange markets as the 'beggar thy neighbour' approach of quantitative easing across the developed world triggers economic, political and social consequences for developing economies, according to ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... Governor. Just in case you didn't pick up, it was a joke. But on a more serious note, I think the recent round of quantitative easing from the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ, along with the IMF, the ADB and the WB's downgrade to the global outlook, has increased ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... market strategist Stan Shamu said the negativity was because the positive data might mean the US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (QE) program might not go on for as long. "Everyone's addicted to this QE morphine... to drive sentiment. Everyone's ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. Despite doubts, hesitation and trepidation over the final outcome - the success or failure -- of this recent round ...

ISN expand policy and research team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Zaheed has been appointed as an economist to its Melbourne office. Nguyen has previously worked at Lonsec Limited as a quantitative and investment analyst and at the Royal Bank of Scotland as a quantitative analyst-equity research. Zaheed brings to ISN ...