Salient to Investors:
Stanley Druckenmiller said:
- If the Fed were to end QE it would be a big deal for the financial markets, as indicated by the sell-off in bonds and emerging markets in the past few months on the mere hint that the Fed might taper.
- Fed purchases have subsidized all asset prices, so completely stopping them would mean the market will fall.
- He has very small investment positions, including long some Japanese equities and short the yen.
- It is naive to say the next Fed chairman won’t matter because it is a really important appointment.
Jeffrey Gundlach at DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund said the Fed is making a big mistake by moving ahead with its exit plan without pegging it more closely to market conditions.
Economists expect the Fed to taper Treasury purchases by $10 billion this month.
Read the full article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-11/stan-druckenmiller-says-fed-exit-would-be-big-deal-for-markets.html
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