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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... said market players were also anticipating an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when the central bank board meets on Tuesday (AEDT). "There is generally a little bit more optimism around," Mr Morrow said. BHP Billiton was up ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... closed at a six-month high as the yen weakened further against the dollar and euro on expectations the country's central bank will unveil fresh monetary easing measures. Tokyo soared 1.56 per cent, or 144.28 points, to 9,366.80 to finish at their highest ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... Fed's balance sheet. If you care to look at the Fed's weekly balance sheet data releases, you'll find that the US central bank didn't expand its balance sheet immediately after QE3's unveiling. A month after the Fed's QE3 announcement, the Fed's balance ...

Bubble forming in dividend stocks: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... characteristic, however we continue to believe this is an artificial distortion of security prices brought about by central bank policy. "This has most likely brought forward future returns in these stocks making them less prospectively attractive as ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... time Greece goes a-begging - with anxiety. You would think that the great minds of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (and while you're at it include the great minds of expert bloggers) would have cut Greece ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... its economic reform pledges and a long-awaited report from its troika of creditors - the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund - is "positive". But Germany said only part of the troika's latest report was available, and ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
While recent global macroeconomic developments appear to signal an improved environment for investors, there needs to be more decisive policy action before range-bound capital markets take off. That is according to Andrew Millligan, head of global strategy ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian shares opened lower with the mining giants and most of the major banks posting falls. At 1022 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,441.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... the future. It was status quo all around. The songs remain the same. The Reserve Bank of Australia, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England all kept monetary policy thingies as they were a few days ago. The song remains the same for Europe ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...