Sassan Ghahramani, CEO of New York-based SGH Macro Advisors, which advises hedge funds, said the ECB's plans "make a lot of sense in theory, and would be the most targeted mechanism for providing credit where needed". "But it is all effective only on the margins from a macro perspective, and certainly nothing markets would get overly excited about if and when it were to slowly materialize."

Sassan Ghahramani, president and chief executive officer of SGH Macro Advisors, says European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will make it clear at the central bank's next...

Putin’s strategy is aimed at influencing the Ukrainian presidential election due on May 25, and its outcome may change his calculations, according to SGH Macro Advisors, a New York-based research group. Russia would be most comfortable with Yulia Tymoshenko, the former premier who was freed from jail last month after the fall of Yanukovych, SGH said in a March 17 report. Even a victory by Vitali Klitschko, a former boxing champion and one of the pro-Western political leaders, may allow for a thaw in relations with Moscow, it said.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard and Nicolas Veron, a fellow at the Bruegel research group, participate in a panel discussion about the global economy, financial markets, and central bank policies. Sassan Ghahramani of SGH Macro Advisors moderates the discussion at the European American Chamber of Commerce's Annual Economic Update organized by the EACC in New York and hosted at the New York Stock Exchange.

"The Fed's next challenge is not over tapering, it's over rates and guidance," said Sassan Ghahramani, CEO of New York-based SGH Macro Advisors, which advises hedge funds." "It's a corollary of quantitative easing and easy money going to emerging markets," said Ghahramani. "Now that there is less of that QE and easy money, where does it come out of? It comes first out of those markets."

However, the Fed next week may start off with a smaller reduction of $10 billion to $15 billion in its asset purchases, compared with previous market expectations of a $20 billion reduction or more, said Mr. Ghahramani, who is president and chief executive officer of SGH Macro Advisors. “They’re going to go ahead and get going with it in September, but go with a smaller number and then try to offset it with the promise to keep rates low in the future,” he predicted. That should help create a relatively “benign” market environment compared to the turmoil seen in emerging-market currencies and fixed income this summer after the Fed signaled possible tapering, he said. But in that environment, the U.S. dollar may not have as much room to rally strongly and could even weaken some, Mr. Ghahramani said. Instead, Mr. Ghahramani said he favors the Australian dollar, citing hopes for better government management of Australia’s slowing economy and signs of economic recovery in China.

Sassan Ghahramani, president and chief executive officer at SGH Macro Advisors, says that instead of pushing for a'' grand bargain'' President Obama will take on the issue...

Sassan Ghahramani, president and chief executive officer of SGH Macro Advisors, says the Federal Reserve is set to begin tapering off on its asset purchases slowly in...

In just a week, European Central Bank policymakers have blurred their forward guidance on interest rates with a cacophony of comment that risks undermining the ploy.

Sassan Gharamani, president and chief executive officer of SGH Macro Advisors, discusses the muted reaction in financial markets to sequestration, and why investors' focus has turned to the continuing resolution to fund the government when existing authority expires later this month. Gharamani talks with Bloomberg's Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio's "The Hays Advantage."

"Athens put forth a reasonable if not generous offer for hedge funds to participate," Sassan Ghahramani, chief executive at New York-based Macro Advisers, a hedge fund consultancy, said on Friday. "I expect there will be strong participation from hedge funds, tendering a substantial portion of their Greek bond holdings," he said.

Sassan Ghahramani, an adviser to hedge funds and asset managers, said investors were likely cheered by evidence that Spain is making progress toward making an aid request, something they believe is inevitable. "Markets, what they see is that this will allow the government to request a bailout without further conditions," Mr. Ghahramani said.

Yannis Ioannides, professor of economics at Tufts University, Sassan Ghahramani, president and chief executive officer of SGH Macro Advisors, Edward Hugh, author of the Economonitor blog and Bloomberg reporters Tom Stoukas in Athens and Angeline Benoit in Madrid discuss the Greek budget, protests in Madrid and other developments in Europe. They speak with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Michael McKee on "Bloomberg On the Economy."

China has a serious financial and geo-political rivalry with Japan, says founder and CEO of financial analysis firm SGH Macro Advisors, Sassan Ghahramani. Beijing feels it’s winning the rivalry and is ready to extend its influence into the southern part of the Asian hemisphere, he said amidst the ongoing APEC summit. Ghahramani spoke with RT about China’s relationship with Tokyo and Moscow.

SGH Macro Advisors' Sassan Ghahramani talks about the Irish economy and the European debt crisis. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."

SGH Macro Advisors' Sassan Ghahramani talks about the Europe and Asian impact on earnings. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."