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Guess Who\'s Piling into Stock ETFs? Central Bankers

The U.S. Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) and multiple rounds of quantitative easing (QE) have been rightly blamed on surging stock prices (NYSEARCA:DIA).But here's another reason contributing to the rise: Direct investments made into equities by global central bankers, who control $11 trillion in foreign exchange reserves.A survey of 60 central bankers last month by Central Banking Publications along with Royal Bank of Scotland Group showed that 23% expect to boost exposure to stocks.The Bank of Japan plans to more than double its investments in stock ETFs (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 2014 to 3.5 trillion yen or $35.2 billion. At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, here's what the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by a unanimous vote:"The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 60-70 trillion yen.The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that their amount outstanding will...

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