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How do you feel about 2012?
6 January 2012
How do you feel about 2012?
6 January 2012
Super, bring it on
20%
Modestly chuffed
9%
I'll live
35%
Still worried
24%
Aaarrrggghh
12%
TOTAL: 168
Who was the worst ex-dictator of 2011?
19 December 2011
Who was the worst ex-dictator of 2011?
19 December 2011
Kim Jong-il
44%
Hosni Mubarak
4%
Muammar Gaddafi
24%
Silvio Berlusconi
28%
TOTAL: 184
Your job in 2012 is:
24 November 2011
Your job in 2012 is:
24 November 2011
Safe
24%
Safe, but bonus at risk
41%
Not safe
35%
TOTAL: 268
The best safe haven is:
4 November 2011
The best safe haven is:
4 November 2011
US Treasuries
7%
Gold
18%
AAA-rated credit
4%
Real estate
11%
Large-cap stocks
7%
Cash
20%
No such thing
34%
TOTAL: 177
The best market for buying distressed assets in 2012 will be:
21 October 2011
The best market for buying distressed assets in 2012 will be:
21 October 2011
US
26%
UK
4%
China
18%
Eurozone
52%
TOTAL: 120
What do you think about plans to boost Europe's EFSF?
30 September 2011
What do you think about plans to boost Europe's EFSF?
30 September 2011
It's a miracle. We're saved.
19%
How come that money was never there for hospitals and schools?
18%
Why don't they try repaying money rather than always borrowing it?
63%
TOTAL: 106
What's the key lesson from UBS' $2.3bn trading loss?
19 September 2011
What's the key lesson from UBS' $2.3bn trading loss?
19 September 2011
It was one trader's fault and has no wider significance
11%
The problem lies in the failure of UBS' risk systems
49%
UBS should move to separate its investment bank
6%
All integrated firms must separate investment banking
17%
Greater regulatory scrutiny of prop trading is essential
18%
TOTAL: 199
Who would come top in business class?
5 September 2011
Who would come top in business class?
5 September 2011
Lloyd Blankfein
14%
Alan Greenspan
5%
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
8%
George Soros
34%
Ben Bernanke
6%
Bernard Madoff
16%
Marc Rich
6%
Rupert Murdoch
11%
TOTAL: 206
Act most likely to spark a riot:
18 August 2011
Act most likely to spark a riot:
18 August 2011
Trying on nikes in a Tottenham loot
12%
Tweeting train crash pix on Weibo
21%
Raising 'Merci Sarkozy' banner in Misurata
14%
Favouring default to ending Big Oil tax breaks
23%
Short-selling European bank stocks
30%
TOTAL: 66
If you could have mutant superpowers, what would they be
3 August 2011
If you could have mutant superpowers, what would they be
3 August 2011
Super intelligence
24%
Turn base metal into gold
8%
Irresistibility to clients
9%
Ability to travel through time
54%
Hypnotic power to negotiate bonus
5%
TOTAL: 174
Is the US a triple-A borrower?
25 July 2011
Is the US a triple-A borrower?
25 July 2011
Yes
32%
No
45%
Ask me on August 2
23%
TOTAL: 106
Come August 2, the US will
8 July 2011
Come August 2, the US will
8 July 2011
Reach a grand bargain on taxes and spending
30%
Default - market crash - strike a deal
6%
Default spectacularly
0%
Delay the worst but resolve nothing
64%
TOTAL: 89
A Greek default
22 June 2011
A Greek default
22 June 2011
Will happen this year
41%
Will happen next year
30%
Will not take place
29%
TOTAL: 150
In your organisation, do you have
7 June 2011
In your organisation, do you have
7 June 2011
A horde of hands-on DSKs
26%
The boys behave themselves
49%
Free DSK!
25%
TOTAL: 53
As an institutional investor, do you use ETFs
26 May 2011
As an institutional investor, do you use ETFs
26 May 2011
For transition management
19%
For rebalancing portfolios
25%
For alpha generation
17%
We don't, they're a retail product
40%
TOTAL: 48
Was the British royal wedding
2 April 2011
Was the British royal wedding
2 April 2011
An occasion to celebrate?
54%
An anachronistic irrelevance?
33%
What, did some young bucks get hitched?
13%
TOTAL: 172
Inflation-hedging strategies are
4 April 2011
Inflation-hedging strategies are
4 April 2011
Worth the current price
29%
Too expensive
71%
TOTAL: 68
Japan: now is the time to
21 March 2011
Japan: now is the time to
21 March 2011
Buy Japanese equities
73%
Sell Japanese equities
5%
Buy JGBs
3%
Sell JGBs
6%
Do nothing
13%
TOTAL: 143
How should Asian investors play rising inflation?
12 March 2011
How should Asian investors play rising inflation?
12 March 2011
Asian currencies
13%
Commodity ETFs
17%
Commodity funds (active)
21%
Developed-market equities
6%
Precious metals
32%
Structured energy products
11%
TOTAL: 47
By 2015, HKEx will
21 February 2011
By 2015, HKEx will
21 February 2011
Tie up with another regional exchange
29%
Be the international arm of Shanghai
45%
Retain its splendid isolation
26%
TOTAL: 129
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US dollar
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Japanese yen
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Aussie dollar
11%
Singapore dollar
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Chinese renminbi
25%
None of the above; gold
15%
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