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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... contributing factors were some strong US economic data that led to Wall Street stocks rising and comments from China's central bank that eased fears about its credit crunch. The central bank said it would provide "liquidity support" if needed after a ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Times like these, I can't tell if the financial market commentariat are just thick or simply plain stupid. Wall Street's up last night - and big time at that - because one 'clever' writer put it down to better than expected US data releases...and the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... sharply lower following hefty falls on international markets after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank may start winding back its stimulus measure before the end of the year. At 0817 AEST on Friday, the June share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... result from the broader All Ordinaries index. The falls follow comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke that the US central bank could begin winding back its $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying program some time later this year and bring the operation to ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... and negative feedback from other economies to the prospect of scaled back stimulation. For the biggest, mightiest central bank in the world had been wrong before. Big Ben had been wrong before to be precise, many times before to be more precise. Unfortunately ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank expects to taper its bond-buying stimulus measure later this year. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The tapering of quantitative easing (QE) will burst the bubble in high-yielding 'zombie' stocks, according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... ahead of the widely-anticipated US Federal Reserve's policy meeting that's expected to give an indication on the central bank's plans on its stimulus measures. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,940. ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... stress following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's suggestion that the time may be approaching to bring the central bank's quantitative easing program to a close. But Buckle says that the Fed is acutely aware of the importance of its policy decision ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of US Fed meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... mining stocks both in negative territory. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said speculation about the American central bank's quantitative easing policy, ahead of its meeting this week, was causing the Australian market to follow Wall Street's ...