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Temporary respite for risky assets

Investors rediscovered their appetite for risk in October amid some slightly better US economic data, reasonable US third quarter earnings numbers, renewed speculation about a third round of quantitative easing from the Fed and optimism that euro-zone policymakers would solve the region’s debt crisis. Nonetheless, the respite for risky assets appeared to be over no sooner than the month had drawn to a close.

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