Europe Gaining Confidence Among Investors in Global Poll – Bloomberg 09-11-13

Salient to Investors: A Bloomberg poll of investors, analysts and traders showed: 40% see the euro-area economy as improving, more than 4 times the number in May 40% see the world economy as strengthening, the most since January 2011. 52% expect stocks to produce the best return over the next

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Euro Becoming Haven With Breakup a Memory on Economy: Currencies – Bloomberg 09-06-13

Salient to Investors: The 90-day correlation between changes in the euro and a Citigroup index of bond and swaps risk has turned positive for the first time since November 2008, indicating the euro is gaining favor as investors’ perceptions of turmoil in financial markets rises. Hedge funds et al are

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Investors Are Lab Rabbits in Central Bank Experiments – Bloomberg 07-28-13

Salient to Investors: Vincent Reinhart at Morgan Stanley said investors are the little white lab rabbits in the central bank experiments. Gilles Moec at Deutsche Bank said the potential for the dialog between the central banks and the market to fail is significant. Nathan Sheets et al at Citigroup said the UK

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Fed’s Messages Raise Volatility in Threat to Profits: Currencies – Bloomberg 07-18-13

Salient to Investors: The Fed’s mixed messages on monetary policy are stoking volatility in the currency market, raising the odds that companies will have a harder time setting up exchange-rate hedges designed to protect overseas earnings. Ulrich Leuchtmann at Commerzbank said if a high-volatility environment were permanent it would cause problems when

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Gary Shilling position update 2013 – Gary Shilling blog 07-15-13

Salient to Investors: Gary Shilling writes: The fog remains thick, so reducing long positions in Treasury bonds and Japanese stocks and cut yen shorts, euro shorts and dollar long positions. Maintaining long positions in US defensive stocks like utilities and health care. Increased short position in junk bonds and initiated

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