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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... European stocks in the eurozone's main markets mostly rose, ending on a optimistic note after the first week of European Central Bank's massive bond-buying program to stimulate growth and ward off deflation. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index gained 0.87 per cent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... points led by mining shares. HONG KONG - The US dollar edged closer towards parity with the euro after the European Central Bank kicked off its stimulus program this week, while Asian equity markets recovered slightly from a recent sell-off. Sydney shares ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
It's back! That old familiar "good is bad and bad is good" trade on The Street. Stronger-than-expected US payrolls growth equals June interest rate lift off - Wall Street not happy camper. Weaker-than-expected and third consecutive monthly decline in ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." - Lao Tzu, 'The Art of War' That "when" to fight must be nigh. Rumour has it that the People's Bank of China (PBOC) is preparing its own QE programme - prompted by the PBOC's recent ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... markets continued to watch the dollar, which rose to a fresh 12-year high against the euro two days after the European Central Bank launched a massive government bond-buying stimulus program. The Federal Reserve, meanwhile, is winding down its extraordinary ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
"When you're in love with a beautiful woman it's hard... Everybody wants her Everybody loves her Everybody wants to take your baby home." - Dr. Hook The good doctor might have as well sung about the US dollar instead of the fairer sex for mirror, mirror ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... healthcare stocks leading the way. "The yield play is back on," he said. "It looks like the start of the European Central Bank's buying program has reminded people that we're in a low yield environment, and they've drifted back to those sectors that ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
"Alea iacta est"! "The die is cast". This is what Julius Caesar exclaimed when he crossed the river Rubicon back in 49 BC. The same phrase that ECB president Mario Draghi must be uttering to himself as he began spending the first euro of his a,-60 billion ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street. At 0820 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,827. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... cent) to 2,101.04, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 15.67 (0.32 per cent) at 4,982.81. The European Central Bank announced it would launch on Monday a 1.1 trillion euros ($A1.56 trillion) bond-buying program. The ECB also raised its ...