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Analysts have suggested the rest of October will be a 'make or break' period for US equity markets as companies continue to report their Q3 earnings.

JAPAN

US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked horns over the economy last night in their first televised presidential debate.

The manager of the world's largest bond fund has pointed to the US, UK, Spain, France, Japan and Greece as serial debt addicts whose government borrowing is spiralling out of control.

Investec portfolio manager Max King explains why, with corporate earnings beginning to catch up to the market, the perfect time to buy equities is now, before monetary policy begins to tighten once more.

The Bank of Japan has followed the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank by extending its QE programme by 10trn yen.

The FTSE continued to make huge gains in afternoon trading, reaching its highest level since late March after the Federal Reserve unveiled its third round of quantitative easing.

The FTSE 100 gained more than 80 points in early trading while global markets leapt higher overnight, lifted by the Federal Reserve's latest round of quantitative easing.

The Federal Reserve has unleashed a third round of quantitative easing to support the US economy following a wave of poor data and a weakening labour market.

Apollo Multi Asset's Tom McGrath considers the possible unintended consequences of Fed chief Ben Bernanke unleashing a third round of quantitative easing at the upcoming meeting.