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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.

The US Federal Reserve will push ahead with QE3 although it will make policymakers "look like fools again", said outspoken investor Jim Rogers.

PIMCO's Bill Gross, the manager of the world's biggest bond fund, has cut his stake in US Treasuries by 12%, ahead of a crucial meeting by the Fed later when it may announce further quantitative easing.

Shares across the globe fell overnight as renewed fears about Germany's likelihood of approving rescue plans plagued investors once again.

PIMCO's Bill Gross has said the Federal Reserve and other central banks are to blame for "the current shipwreck" that is the global economy.