Joe Weisenthal reports on hedge fund guru Ray Dalio’s outlook:
His novel set of circumstances he sees is an economy that faces austerity (due to the Fiscal Cliff, etc.) coupled with a Fed that’s mostly blown its bazooka, and can’t get much more juice out of QE.
- Yields can’t go down anymore.
- Austerity is coming.
- Economy is running out of steam.
- QE is losing its efficacy.
- Rate turn probably finally coming late in 2013.
Read more at Ray Dalio Explains The Rare Set Of Circumstances That's Making Him Bearish On Markets – Business Insider.
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