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Kieran Osborne

Kieran Osborne

Merk Mutual Funds

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

Biography

Kieran Osborne is Senior Analyst and member of the portfolio management group at Merk Investments; he is an expert on macro trends and currencies and has significant international market experience. Prior to Merk Investments, Mr. Osborne was an equity analyst at Brook Asset Management, where he worked in both the Australian and New Zealand markets. He has also worked in New York for MCM Associates, a U.S. hedge fund.

  • ECB and Fed: Worlds Apart

    Published 07 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

    The contrast in approach to central banking between the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and the European Central Bank (ECB) is remarkable. ECB President Draghi has…

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    Published 26 September 2012 | viewed 0 times

    Central bankers around the world may be providing a backstop to the financial markets in much the same way Greenspan did during the "Goldilocks" years,…

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    Published 16 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

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  • U.S. Dollar and Currencies: Review and Outlook

    Published 05 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

    In 2012, policy makers around the world may be driven by the realization that the theme of 2011 was not a Euro-specific crisis, but simply…

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    Published 19 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

    With so many global dynamics playing out, and the world's financial markets fixated on the political process (or lack thereof) in the Eurozone, driving market…

  • U.S. Dollar - Review and Outlook

    Published 14 April 2011 | viewed 0 times

    We believe that continued U.S. dollar weakness may be a consequence of the diverging monetary approaches central banks are taking around the globe. While many…

  • U.S. Government: Evermore Reliant on Foreign Investors

    Published 15 March 2011 | viewed 0 times

    Merk Insights provide the Merk Perspective on currencies, global imbalances, the trade deficit, the socio-economic impact of the U.S. administration's policies and more. Read past…

  • Currency Manipulation: Two Sides to Every Coin

    Published 30 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

    Recently, currency manipulation has garnered headline attention. We have been constantly bombarded with rhetoric out of Washington: "China isn't allowing its currency to appreciate fast…

  • Japanese Yen: A Red Dawn?

    Published 02 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

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  • Bond, Junk Bond: A Casino Royale?

    Published 19 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

    The Federal Reserve's (Fed) extraordinarily low interest rate policies have encouraged fixed income investors to take on evermore exposure to credit risks. With the global…

  • Currency Wars: The Phantom Menace

    Published 07 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

    The last thing the global economy needs right now is anything that would hamper or derail economic growth. Unfortunately, there appears a growing specter of…

  • Searching for Yield: At Any Cost?

    Published 08 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

    In an environment with historically low interest rates, fixed income investors have been pouring money into longer-duration securities, substituting 3 and 6 month T-Bills with…

  • Inflation: The Runaway Train

    Published 13 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

    Inflationary risks have seemingly fallen out of the mindset of many investors recently, with the European debt crisis causing many to reevaluate their outlook for…

  • Implications of Chinese yuan Appreciation

    Published 27 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

    Recently, there has been a lot of news and evidence supporting the likelihood of the Chinese authorities allowing the Chinese currency, the yuan or renminbi…

  • U.S. Dollar - Grave Concerns Remain

    Published 15 April 2010 | viewed 0 times

    We continue to see risks ahead for the U.S. economy, and in particular, the U.S. dollar. Significant global imbalances remain - indeed; the recent global…

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    Published 10 September 2009 | viewed 3,249 times

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    Published 12 May 2009 | viewed 6,124 times

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    Published 20 April 2009 | viewed 3,428 times

    Present policies may be sowing the seeds for the next financial crisis. Despite recent market optimism, we believe present interventions could produce significant future adverse…