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ECB LTRO Mk II. QE(Stealth)

  The ECB’s QE(stealth) has worked a treat since the printing presses were deployed 22 Dec 2011. The 3 year repo saw a 489 billion Euro allotment, equal to over 620 billion USD.
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Investment Strategy, General Comments for 1Q 2012

  Equity markets have rallied since mid Dec 2011 as the ECB began its QE(stealth) and the US economy continued to recover. It appears that equity markets want to take a breather. This could last between a matter of days to a couple of weeks. The trend is up.
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Europe is so passé, watch China

Brace
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S&P Downgrades Europe; Morphine and Major Surgery

  So S&P has downgraded a gaggle of European countries’ sovereign debt ratings. What a surprise. Ratings agencies are not always the last to know, but they are always and everywhere a tad slow.
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The ECB Is Operating QE

  The ECB is printing money. It may not yet be directly purchasing sovereign bonds but it is acting as prime broker to the following hedge funds: commercial banks in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc etc. On Dec 14, 2011 it became clear what the ECB’s intentions were. Faced with political constraints and bureaucracy regarding
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