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Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... head Ben Bernanke is largely expected to stay on for another term and Birkhold says this means a continuation of quantitative easing. "The net result of such a policy may well be a continuing of the four-year trend in favour of 'hard assets' such as ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... global financial crisis to wipe out them out again. Through 2009 and early 2010 the stock market benefited from a quantitative easing fuelled rally only for eurozone debt-to-GDP fears to scare everyone back into safe-havens. But now AMP's chief economist ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... administration." Elsewhere he said that the increasing demand for income in the face of market volatility, combined with ongoing quantitative easing measures would be constructive for share prices. However, despite the improving environment, both men ...

Hermes launches global quant equities ESG strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Hermes Fund Managers has announced the launch of a new global quantitative equities Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) strategy. The new product, which has an active exposure to global equities whilst specifically incorporating ESG factors, is ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... reflected in the price of global assets. The strategy expert argues that even fresh tranches of stimulus via the US's quantitative easing policy, the ECB's Outright Monetary Transactions will do little to lift markets unless there are signs of recovery ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... remain unchanged. Mitt Romney had pledged to remove Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve and was opposed to quantitative easing, which has proven supportive of both equities and the housing market."

Returns without volatility, you're not dreamin

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... strategy can achieve returns that are as attractive. Pim van Vliet, a senior portfolio manager within the Robeco quantitative equities team, said conventional thinking is that targeting low volatility would result in low returns But the low risk anomaly ...

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 ...