http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...n-equities-as-low-rates-kill-bond-yields.html Central banks, guardians of the worldâs $11 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, are buying stocks in record amounts as falling bond yields push even risk- averse investors toward equities. (more after the jump) ------------------ I guess there's no more worry about stocks falling when central banks are just printing and buying.
Yea its unprecedented. Central banks have killed market volatility by making everything yield nothing. Cornered investors arent going to sell stocks when there is nowhere else to go.
wrong we're nearing the tipping point BoJ went all in Austerity is wrong Krugman is right Bernanke is genius money printing doesn't matter complacency is everywhere we will start to see big moves like in Japan bonds recently or gold last week frequently and soon everyday central banks can't control everything, imbalances will continue to grow by the day and given their track record volatility will explode from one asset class to another stock might be immune for sometime but who cares gold+3% silver +4% today
To the original question, I don't know how long it can go, but it's going to end badly when it does. It just doesn't pass the smell test that you can print and QE all you want with no ramifications.
I tend to agree with this. I can't claim to know all the answers when it comes to global financial markets, currencies and Central Bank activities, but my gut tells me that you can only delay pain for so long before the piper gets paid. One way or another, it's going to happen. I tend to think later this year things get nasty.
Japan bonds and gold what? Japanese bond yields are DOWN, the bond market crash that all the doomsday soothsayers have been predicting never did come. Look at Spanish and Italian bond yields, they are pretty much back to pre-crisis levels, this is astonishing given the severity of the debt crisis in Europe, I guess they have draghi's "whatever it takes" to thank for that. The rout in gold hasnt affected the stock market at all. Stock market volatility will continue to shrink as long as central banks continue to drive down yields, and yes they cant control everything but they can control interest rates very well.