What surprises will the post-QE era hold for investors?

What surprises will the post-QE era hold for investors?

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What is the the impact of life after US quantitative easing? And could the taps be turned off sooner than investors think? Fund managers and asset allocators tell us Investment Week their views

      Chris Bailey, European strategist, Raymond James euro equities   Any hint that the US economy is struggling and the taps will be turned on again In mid-October the apparent correlation between the Federal Reserve's ending of QE and volatile financial markets seemed obvious. Following the bounce of the last few weeks it appears less so. Part of the reason for this is that while new QE is not being applied at the moment in the US and UK, there has been no retrenchment of previously applied QE. The second aspect is global QE is still likely to expand via the recent ann...

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