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Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 'whatever it takes' pledges, there was nowhere else for equities to go but up, up, up. A corollary to this is that central bank actions have pushed investors away from very, very low yielding cash. So where now? Dow up or Dow down? The cheery view is ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... are far from having an exit in mind". Soon these "whatever it takes" central bankers will be joined by another big central bank - the BOJ. In his parliament confirmation hearing, BOJ governor nominee Haruhiko Kuroda announced that, "I would like to make ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after falling sharply on Monday dragged down by the resourses sector and following mixed results on international bourses. At 0630 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... all of the Banco Central do Brazil and President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to stimulate the economy. The Brazilian central bank reduced the SELIC rate from a two-year high of 12.5% in August 2011 to a 15-year low of 7.25% by October 2012 aimed at complementing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... gains on Wall Street. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after US Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke reaffirmed the central bank's huge monetary easing scheme, but a stronger yen sent Tokyo lower. Investors remained hesitant and the euro came under ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Australian earnings results on Tuesday would be unlikely to set the tone of the market, as investors focused on long-time central bank critic Haruhiko Kuroda's elevation to become the next Bank of Japan governor. "If that happens, it will be seen as ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Obama's business-unfriendly policies. That was also the period when concerns over Europe re-emerged: The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered the single currency area's 2013 growth outlook; but more palpitation-inducing was the uncertainty over which ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Federal Reserve could soon end its loose monetary policy. Investors in Japan cheered reports that the likely next central bank chief was in favour of aggressive monetary easing. Tokyo surged 2.43 per cent, or 276.58 points, to 11,662.52 and Sydney climbed ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... reason for the downgrade. The ratings agency also cut its triple-A rating for the Bank of England, the country's central bank, by one step, also to AA1. The British economy is constrained by the weak global economy and the drag from businesses and the ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... now? No, wasn't me, it's them punters. 'Coz as far as I'm concerned, I cannot imagine the biggest and most powerful central bank in the world and its clever men and women minting that first dollar without ever thinking when and how it'll get it back. ...