Friday, 14 September 2012

Potential Risk from Fed QE: Buyer Strike on US Assets

US stocks are riding high on the Fed's generous liquidity, yet the central bank's policy could end up smashing the market. Scott DiMaggio, director of global fixed-income strategy at AllianceBernstein, says the potential risk is that the Fed's actions are weakening the dollar. "The deteriorating fiscal picture with a very aggressive Fed leading to a weaker USD could lead to less appetite for USD-denominated assets -- whether it's equities or bonds," he says. "We are not at that stage yet, but are on a slippery slope." 

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