Salient to Investors: Benoit Peloille at Natixis said the Italian elections raise the risk that reforms underway may be blocked, but stocks remain fundamentally attractive – the only asset class that has not yet benefited from the abundance of liquidity. Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/german-stocks-climb-before-italy-auctions-sovereign-debt.html Free email alerts of articles as
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Paul Ballew at Dun & Bradstreet said the bigger question is that after four years of aggressive monetary policy, whether or not anything else will really make a material difference on the direction of the recovery. The ZEW Center for European Economic Research said its index of investor and
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Markus Huber at ETX Capital said whenever China shares fall, German carmaker shares fall because China is one of the most important markets. The World Bank said growth in developing East Asia, which excludes Japan and India, will fall to 7.2 percent, the slowest pace since 2001, from 8.3 percent in
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Germany advanced legislation that would force high-speed trading firms to register with the government and limit their ability to rapidly place and cancel orders. The European Commission agreed on even broader rules for all of the EU if governments also give their approval. Celent estimates high-speed trading accounts for 30
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: More Germans have bought equities the most in five years due to inflation rising and less security and stability in bonds because of concerns surrounding Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain – Germans traditionally loved government bonds. Share ownership declined almost every year in the decade through 2011. Economist forecasts compiled by Bloomberg predict
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