Cash Flow from Australia

Kara Ordway, FX Strategist at City Index says that there were no surprises in Obama's speech, and suggests that everyone is looking forward to tonight's Fed meeting, which she believes will produce some longer-term interest rate projections.

Hans Goetti, Chief Investment Officer Asia at Finaport says that he does not expect any policy surprises from Obama's speech, and says that the jury is still out on the outlook for the U.S. economy. He adds that it is only a matter of time before the Fed embarks on QE3.

Ben Clark, Portfolio Manager at TMS Capital says there are some areas of the market that are doing particularly well at the moment, which suggests there is room to go higher from here. He also says that 4,400 on the ASX 200 is the key level in the short term.

Robert Prior-Wandesforde, Head of India & South East Asia Economics at Credit Suisse predicts China's central bank will hike interest rates in 2012, even as it reduces the reserve requirement ratios (RRR) for banks.

Naomi Fink, Japan Strategist at Jefferies says that we are likely to see intervention from the Japanese authorities when it comes to the strength of the yen, but only when intra-day volatility rises.

Paul Mackel, Head of Asia Currency Research at HSBC talks about flash PMI numbers out of China and says that they indicate a fairly sluggish start to the year. He also says not to expect a hard landing, and further policy loosening, for China.

Peter Esho, Chief Market Analyst at City Index discusses recent movements in the copper market and what they could be signaling.

Angus Geddes, CEO of Fat Prophets says that equity valuations are cheap relative to bonds, and that we could see the ASX 200 heading towards 5000 points by December of this year.