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ECB’s Trillion-Euro Giveaway Offers Limited Time for Reform: News Analysis
By Gil WeinreichThe ECBs liquidity lifeline to bankslike Americas QE policyoffers a chance to avoid a deeper economic depression, but only if that window of opportunity is used to make sustained structural reforms that policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic have so far avoided.
February 29, 2012
ECB Offers Cheap Loans AgainThe European Central Bank once again offered cheap three-year loans to banks in the euro region, which quickly soaked up 529.5 billion euros ($712.2 billion) in funding. Analysts had expected the amount to total 470 billion euros.
February 28, 2012
Deutsche Bank Survey Predicts Record Hedge Fund Assets in 2012Hedge fund assets will reach an all-time high this year, driven by increased institutional participation, according to Deutsche Banks 10th annual Alternative Investment Survey, released last week.
February 28, 2012
ECB Rejects Greek Debt as CollateralChristian Schulz, an economist at Berenberg Bank in London, was quoted saying, After the downgrade it was clear this was going to happen. The ECB isnt going to make an exception to its rule on not accepting defaulted collateral ...
February 27, 2012
Who’ll Win Election in 2012? Look to Stock MarketForget tracking polls, focus groups and kissing babies. The most accurate predictor of election year winners might be the stock market.
February 27, 2012
Jeremy Grantham: 10 Tips for Smarter InvestingThe Longest Quarterly Letter Ever is the aptly titled February release from delightfully pessimistic Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo, a Boston-based asset management firm.
February 27, 2012
Frontier Markets Left Behind in Latest Stock Market RallyWhile small-cap stocks are benefiting significantly in the latest market rally, small market indexes are being left behind.
February 26, 2012
Top Two Retirement-Plan Advice ToolsGiven weak returns over the last 13 years, it's worth considering technical analysis as a guide to clients' offensive and defensive stock-market maneuvers.