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Monthly archive:March 17, 2016

Broad diversification is still the order of the day
Broad diversification is still the order of the day
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Broad diversification is still the order of the day

Gerhard Beulig, fund manager and responsible for the YOU INVEST line, expects capital markets to remain highly volatile for a while. The central banks are trapped by their own extreme interest rate policy; interest rates therefore remain at practically zero percent for short-term investments, with no trend reversal in sight. Investors who want to earn […]

Expansive central bank: The Only Game in Town
Expansive central bank: The Only Game in Town
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Expansive central bank: The Only Game in Town

The Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) further loosened its monetary policy on 10 March 2016. In view of the decline of the leading economic indicators and the excessively low inflation in the Eurozone, the bundle of measures introduced by the ECB is necessary. But, to paraphrase Mohamed El-Erian, the expansive central bank policy […]