BAML On ECB Stimulus "Salvation for the many, limbo for the rest"

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Mark Melin
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Will ECB stimulus create bifurcated volatility, where certain credit markets are lulled into sleep while the riskier end of the market does the opposite? Looking at the supply and demand market impact of European quantitative easing, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report notes a bifurcated free market. The point at which the European Central Bank sprinkles quantitative stimulus on certain assets will cause them to fall into a deep and tranquil sleep. Assets untouched by quantitative stimulation, however, could become even more restless and unpredictable. European high yield market will benefit from ECB stimulus, have ability to do what could…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.