From Insight Investment The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced on 31 October that it would dramatically increase the scale of its quantitative easing (QE) programme. Passed by a majority 5-4 vote of the BoJ’s Policy Board, it announced the intention to purchase ¥80 trillion (£440bn) of Japanese government bonds a year, marking an increase […] Read more »
Global Macro & CTA Outlook For 2014 Is A Mixed Bag According To NB
By Neuberger Berman Alternative Investment Management Introduction Macro-focused investing is broadly defined as profiting from changes in market prices that arise from any number of factors, including turning points in macroeconomic cycles, changes in the outlook for economic growth or inflation and market price reactions stemming from the actions of policymakers. In Figure […] Read more »