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Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The outlook for capital expenditure adding to Australia's GDP from anywhere outside of mining is "abysmal" according to BlackRock investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller. At a recent media briefing detailing BlackRock's global investment ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at A£375 billion." The BOE also kept its reminder to "editors" that, "The previous change in Bank Rate was a reduction ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Impressive! Nah Virginia, I refer not to the big bouncy bouncy Wall Street and European equity markets did last night - which almost instantaneously affirmed the rant I scribbled on this space yesterday that "the bad and the bad and the bad" that spooked ...

Larry Fink warns of bubble in income assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... world's largest fund manager has warned shareholders about an ever-expanding bubble in yield-paying assets, inflated by central bank liquidity measures. In a letter to shareholders, BlackRock chief executive Laurence Fink said aggressive monetary policy ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... so? Because at the current A$/US$ exchange, the A$ is back to the levels it was trading at before the Australian central bank announced February's rate cut and after March and April's no rate cut disappointment. The last word I remember Gov Glenn said ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... had rebounded on Wednesday as weak Chinese economic growth data stoked Beijing stimulus hopes while the European Central Bank (ECB) pledged to fully implement its stimulus measures. HONG KONG - Asian markets have finished higher on Thursday, with Shanghai ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
What lifts all boats? Nah, Virginia, it's no longer "a rising tide" - not if you believe the IMF's latest annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) report published this month where it printed, "Output across advanced and emerging market economies remains ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... since December 2013. Yes Virginia. What hope do we lesser mortals have if even the great minds at the world's biggest central bank couldn't decide on one of the six remaining months of 2015 (May's definitely out) - tag on another 12 months if the Fed ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... per cent" - despite firming market expectations for another interest rate reduction leading up to the Australian central bank's monthly Board meeting. The odds of a rate cut steadily rose from 36% three weeks prior to the 7 April meeting to 40% with ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... with virtually all sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday, Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan says. "When the whole market jumped out ...