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From ZeroHedge.com Some more observations on what will be the most contested capital markets topic through November 3. Goldman's Sven Jari Stehn has attempted to do quantify the response to the question that most equity and bond investors are banging their heads over: namely, how much of QE2 is already priced in. Goldman's findings: "a purchase program of about $1tr may now be reflected in 10-year Treasury yields, the three-month Libor rate and the dollar." Of course, there is a qualification: "This finding, however, is sensitive to when we think the market started pricing in QE2; equity price gains since Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech have been more pronounced." Then again, there are those who will say that using QE1 as a framework for any comparative efforts is useless, as QE1 had little to no effect. While that may be true for the general economy (read Main Street), it certainly helped liquidity conditions on Wall Street: "our estimates suggest that “QE1” eased financial conditions significantly through lower long-term yields, higher equity prices and a weaker dollar." In other words Wall Street and Corporate America 1, Everyone else 0. But we knew that long ago. So here are Stehn's full findings, which may disappoint all those who are hoping for the absence of a sell the news event at 2:15 pm on November 3 (and will certainly disappoint all those who are hoping there will be no broad flash crash if there is no news): in a nutshell double the upcoming $1TR QE2 is already priced in in bonds, and half of it: in equities. Using the law of averages and Gaussian distribution, which backs every flawed economic theory, means QE2 is now fully discounted. http://www.zerohedge.com/article/goldman-finds-qe2-now-mostly-pricedPosted via email from MT4
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