Workshop #5: The Impact of Recent Monetary Policy Actions on Global Asset Classes

The world’s central banks have instituted unprecedented monetary policy actions in response to the 2008 global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis. During this session, Stephen Cucchiaro will explain how these policy actions impact global investments and will delve into the following:

• Crucial lessons from past policy decisions made by the world’s central banks
• How equities, hard assets, fixed income, currencies, and real estate are affected by central bank decisions
• The importance of recent monetary policy actions on the part of global central banks