Salient to Investors: Lars Seier Christensen at Saxo Bank said: The euro’s recent rally is illusory and the euro is doomed because Europe has no fiscal union. Another possible fallout is getting rid of some of the countries being ruined by being in the euro, notably southern European economies. People are dramatically
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Norman Villamin at Coutts said earnings disappointments are not much of a surprise given the weak local economies, but they should stabilize later in 2013. Villamin said bullish global sentiment is the primary concern as everyone is on the same side of the trade, and euro strength against
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Marc Chandler at Brown Brothers Harriman said G-20 basically said Japan can continue to reflate their economy, so it will continue to pursue aggressive fiscal easing and monetary easing, and just not talk about the currency so much. S&P retained its negative outlook on Japan’s credit rating, pending policy
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Previous yen declines in the 1990s and early 2000s failed to pull Japan clear of 15 years of deflation. The IMF estimates that from From 1994 to 2003, Japan’s economy grew an average of 0.9 percent, a third of the pace of all advanced nations, and despite back-to-back
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: George Soros made almost $1 billion since November from bets that the yen would tumble. Scott Bessent at Soros Fund Mgmt has 10 percent of the firm’s internally managed portfolio betting on rising shares in Japan. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-14/soros-said-to-make-1-billion-since-november-on-yen-bet.html Free email alerts of articles as soon
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Banco de Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens said: A perfect storm may be forming as risk appetite has returned and the search for yield is in full force: concerns of asset-price bubbles fed by credit booms are starting to appear. Japan is actively pursuing a depreciating real exchange
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Anshu Jain at Deutsche Bank lauded Germany’s pro-austerity policies and the ECB’s commitment to limitless bond purchases as catalysts for bringing the euro past the acute stage of the crisis. Jain said implied default probabilities in Italy and Spain are as high as 20 percent and still a worry.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: A. Gary Shilling at A. Gary Shilling & Co writes: Investor zeal for yield and disregard for risk favors the junkiest of the junk. When the grand disconnect between investor focus on the immense liquidity created by central banks and weak and weakening global economies becomes unsustainable, probably
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Sean Callow at Westpac Banking expects clear reiteration from the Fed that quantitative easing will continue for some time. Callow said the strong dollar story is tough to make right now, and the growth differential will be supportive for the euro against the dollar in the next few
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: A. Gary Shilling at A. Gary Shilling & Co writes: In periods of prolonged economic pain, international cooperation gives way to an every-nation-for-itself attitude, including competitive devaluations. Decreasing the value of a currency, by creating and selling unlimited quantities, is much easier than supporting it, by selling
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