FYI | Feb 03 2012
Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena
I joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently. Twitter allows me to follow news and commentary sources such as Dow Jones' Marketwatch, Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal. It assists me in keeping up with what is happening across the globe, while I am observing and analysing financial markets myself.
While I am on Twitter, reading a quote here and a news flash there, I offer my own succinct insights and commentary. Those amongst you who have already discovered the virtues of a Twitter account can add my Tweets to their daily news via @filapek.
For those who have no intention to join Twitter, but would like to stay up to date, below are my Tweets from the week past:
– Global Risk Appetite Indicator: the VIX has closed below 20 for the past 10 trading days, the longest streak since June. Better be cautious?
– Watch the political game unfold as oil producers, China are using cash hungry Europe to support greater influence in IMF etc (quid pro quo)
– The scenarios laid out by the CBO for America's deficit present two equally hideous alternatives http://econ.st/yU1Ds0
– Risk appetite at elevated levels, AUD/USD at 1.07. Did anyone note most econ data overnight were BELOW expectations? Nobody cares… for now
– Of course, the REAL worry is what is tempting the Fed to extend its policy of lower for longer interest rates and another round of QE ready?
– Investors shouldn't worry about Greece-Portugal, but about why market response has been so short post another Fed QE/stimulus announcement
– Message from the Fed: we're more likely to add more QE (liquidity) than not and investors take it on board: risk assets continue their rally
You can add my regular Tweets on Twitter via @filapek
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