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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... Federal Reserve interest rate rise unlikely in the early summer, reversing expectations from the start of the year. "While US growth is rebounding, it may not rebound as far and as fast as many investors had expected," Russ Koesterich, global chief investment ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... stay stronger for longer. At least, until the greenback stays strong enough for long enough that it completely derails US growth momentum, forcing the Fed back into the war of the currencies.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... The euro climbed to a three-week peak against the US dollar at $US1.1064 as the greenback took a hit on the slowing US growth. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped with more weak US data raising questions about the health of the world's top economy and ...

Productivity Commission to explore financial services exports

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
The government has announced a Productivity Commission review aimed at boosting Australia's services exports across financial services and other industries. "With over 1.5 billion people moving into Asia's middle class over the next 15 years, we need ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... in better than expected. At 0815 AEDT on Monday, the share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,918. US growth in the October-December quarter was revised to 2.2 per cent from the initial estimate of 2.6 per cent. Markets had expected ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... 3.3%. You don't have to dig deep to find out the reasons for Wall Street's fall while we slept - it's concerns over US growth following a "surprise" 3.4% drop in durable goods orders (the fourth straight month of declines); it's company earnings disappointments ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... growth to accelerate to 3.2% in 2014 from 2.4% (now revised to 2.5%) in 2013, with global momentum benefitting from US growth, bottoming out in Europe and revitalisation of Japan. Global growth turned out to be 2.6% in 2014 - while it got the US right ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... of a slowing Chinese economy, doubts over Japan's recovery, concerns over deflation in the eurozone and disappointing US growth stats early in the New Year (polar vortex). Overlayed against all these is the US Federal Reserve's continued withdrawal of ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... this Wednesday, wouldn't that put more upward pressure on the greenback and hence, "have negative consequences" for US growth? More so, because this comes at the same time that financial markets anticipate the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank ...

YBR Funds Management rebrands, launches new fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has rebranded its funds management business under the new name 'Smarter Money Investments Pty Ltd' (SMI). The rebranding also coincides with the launch of a new fixed income fund, Smarter Money Higher Income Fund, which focuses ...