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Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... market on Tuesday was lower as investors exercised caution ahead of last-minute Greek debt negotiations and the Federal Reserve meeting. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down three points, or 0.05 per cent, at 5,535.8 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Roberts said. Roberts added his view that the rise in bond yields is a also blip in the United States where the Federal Reserve continues to prepare markets for the first official interest rate increase in a decade. He said Europe had improved relative ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Wednesday morning gains in the US dollar against the Japanese currency, fuelled by two US reports that gave the Federal Reserve more ammunition to raise interest rates. With US markets ending largely unchanged, the region had few catalysts to fuel trade ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people are still struggling to digest", said Chris ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... projection to 2.5 per cent from the prior forecast of 3.1 per cent. IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on the Federal Reserve to hold off on a rate hike in 2015, saying growth conditions are not yet firm enough for it. Meanwhile Greece was still apparently ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... April, slower growth in the US services sector in May and a solid 201,000 new private-sector jobs in May. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported that the US economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first ...

Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... times. He said phase one of US interest rates rising is "good" and consistent with strong final demand but when the Federal Reserve hikes it may expose vulnerabilities. Fine added Van Eck were one of the only, if not the only, long holding EM bond with ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... or 626.90 points, to 27,454.31. The dollar has resumed its bull run against the yen on growing expectations the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates by the end of the year while Japan's central bank is tipped to embark on more monetary easing to ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The quantitative easing (QE) programs undertaken by the United States, Europe and Japan are essentially different from each other and investors should expect different economic impacts for each one of them. AXA Framlington head of Asia Mark Tinker said ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... talks sent the euro tumbling after a recent rally. Another weak US indicator further dampened expectations the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates soon, with analysts now tipping the final quarter of the year for an increase. Tokyo on Tuesday ...