Did The Swiss National Bank Have Knowledge of the Likely Market Value of Its Currency Before It Knocked Out the Euro Currency Peg? Does Germany Really Need Or Want Stimulus? There are winners and, yes, there are losers in the European Central Bank (ECB) decision to engage in U.S.-style quantitative easing. While the artificial stimuli that is credited by dulling once free markets is most often discussed in light of its positive attributes, a Nomura research report considers both sides of a coin. It analyzes Germany, whose economy is whirling with near full unemployment while achieving close to historic economic…
Koo Asks: Is Germany winner or loser under QE?
Mark Melin
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.