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Dans notre monde de capitalisme de copinage, il fallait s’attendre
à ce que les Banques Centrales commencent à acheter des actions
de société cotées. Après tout, les banques
centrales détiennent depuis toujours la dette de leurs pays
respectifs, c’est la loi de ce corporatisme d’Etat.
Cela dit, j’ai du mal à décider qui devrait être
le plus choqué par cette histoire : les vendeurs à
découvert d’actions américaines, ou les contribuables
israéliens.
Cela dit, Stan Fischer, le Gouverneur de la Banque Centrale d’Israël,
fut le mentor de Ben Bernanke au MIT. Peut-être est-il simplement en
train de donner un coup de main ?
Comment dites vous ? Pyramide ?
Ponzy ?
Bulle ?
תוכנית פונזי
Ci dessous l’article de Bloomberg rapportant l’affaire.
Bloomberg
Israel to Begin Investing Reserves in U.S Equities Today
By Alisa Odenheimer
Mar 1, 2012 4:45 AM ET
The Bank of Israel will begin today a pilot program to invest a portion of
its foreign currency reserves in U.S. equities.
The investment, which in the initial phase will amount to 2 percent of the $77
billion reserves, or about $1.5 billion, will be made through UBS AG and BlackRock Inc. (BLK), Bank of Israel spokesman Yossi Saadon said in a telephone interview today. At a later
stage, the investment is expected to increase to 10 percent of the reserves.
A small number of central banks have started investing part of their
reserves in equities. About 9 percent of the foreign- exchange
reserves of Switzerland’s central bank were invested in shares at the
end of the third quarter, the Swiss bank said on its website.
The investment will be made in equity index trackers and will include between
1,500 to 2,000 shares, among them stocks like Apple Inc. (AAPL), Saadon said.
The central bank decided to add equities to its investment portfolio in order
to diversify, reduce risk and give better
performance, Barry Topf, senior adviser to Governor
Stanley Fischer, said in a Dec. 1 interview.
Note: When they say 'Securities' on the balance sheet below, they mean debt
as in sovereign bonds. I don't know how they
will characterize equities.
 
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