Daily FNArena News - FYI

With the next Fed meeting not until November, Wall Street is looking at a month of ongoing QE2 speculation.

Barclays Capital notes October tends to be a positive month for equity prices and bullish for fixed interest, while the US dollar finds the going much tougher.

The US House of Reps has emphatically passed a bill to impose tariffs on its biggest creditor, China. What does this mean for the global economy in general and the Australian economy in particular?

PFP Wealth’s Tim Price doesn’t think more quantitative easing is going to solve the world’s problems.

Funds outflows and lagging consumer spending remain a problem, but history suggests this doesn’t necessarily stop equities from rallying.

Grand Private Equity’s Wesley LeGrand has lined up a few views, charts, insights and characteristics about gold.

What happens to inflation during a downturn? An analysis of 25 episodes of persistent large output gaps in 14 advanced economies over the last 40 years.

Behind the scenes of the global economic re-adjustment conflicts are brewing between the US and China. Are investors paying attention?

Currencies have been leading other financial markets since early 2008, so positive moves by EUR/USD could be the harbinger for more positive moves elsewhere.

Tim Price returns from holidays with that same vitriolic view on politicians, bankers, equity markets and debt. At least his views on gold haven’t changed.