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ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... The solution: Purchase sovereign bonds - aka QE. The Fed's success in cutting clean out of QE could be the answer Super Mario is seeking to convince frau Angela - who remains against financing governments -- that it's QE time.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... cent to 4,128.90 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shed 0.66 per cent to 8,987.80 points. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi at the EU summit in Brussels said states needed to make efforts to avoid the eurozone relapsing into recession. Germany ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Draghi dropkicks markets. Super "whatever it takes" Mario has promised a lot... but delivered short. Hence, we got what we got last night. The euro reversed its decline, so did euro bond yields and European equity indices dropped. The Euro Stoxx-600 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... unchanged on Thursday, holding its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent after cutting it last month. And ECB chief Mario Draghi announced that the bank will start covered bond and asset-backed security (ABS) purchases, aimed at injecting cash ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... soon. In fact, the ECB is set to announce the details of its recent policy easing measures later tonight. ECB president Mario Draghi only last night reiterated his pledge "...to deliver our most important commitment, which is to bring inflation back ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... week, taking direction from a strong rally in Shanghai despite disappointing European economic and corporate data after Mario Draghi vowed to keep monetary policy accommodative. The euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... week, taking direction from a strong rally in Shanghai despite disappointing European economic and corporate data after Mario Draghi vowed to keep monetary policy accommodative. The euro fell to $1.2789 from $1.2850 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... more negative (minus 0.2%); and, lowering the marginal lending facility rate to 0.3%. No one expected this. Not after the Mario told you, I and Irene back in June - when the ECB last cut rates - that, "for all practical purposes, we have reached the ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014