SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 09/12/12 — Russell Indexes has analyzed the market-s reaction to the past three announcements of monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve by noting the returns of the U.S. large cap Russell 1000® Index for the week prior to, and three months after, the announcements of QE1, QE2 and Operation Twist.
The U.S. large cap equity market, as reflected by the Russell 1000 Index, has returned slightly more than 2% in the past week through September 11, 2012.
“The markets appear to have fully priced in the expectation that Bernanke and the FOMC will announce a definitive direction on further quantitative easing to conclude this week-s meeting,” said Russell Indexes senior research director Tom Goodwin. “If these expectations are met, it may be further fuel for advancement of the major market indexes, but we do run the risk of a market correction if investors are disappointed by a less than satisfactory announcement from the FOMC on Thursday.”
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