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The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... with paper money rather than tanks and exploding rockets - is of course the US Federal Reserve's vote on its quantitative easing programme. It's still about two weeks away -- the Fed commander and his generals meet on the 17th and18th of this month - ...

Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... fixed income markets are facing a challenging period as the US Federal Reserve negotiates its withdrawal of quantitative easing and a return to normal monetary policy. "The challenge for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to exit the historically ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... is only to reduce the amount of stimulation in 'baby steps' and not shock the system by completely stopping quantitative easing as it did back in 2010 and 2011. Then again, a look at my rear view mirror shows that those episodes also provided good stock ...

Delay of execution

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... watchers that the U.S. central bank would start backing off its $85-billion-a-month bond buying program, known as quantitative easing, or QE, at its September 17-18 meeting." Delay of execution.A That explains the market's rebound.A Sweet!A I don't know ...

QE tapering fears spark $1 billion flight from bonds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... global financial crisis that it is close to being in a position to begin tapering its $85 billion a month quantitative easing program with most analysts expected a slowdown in the program in September. While Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... benchmark-sensitive fixed income investments are at the greatest risk from the uncertainty arising from the end of quantitative easing and the impending global interest rate rise, according to a senior global bond portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... prepares to release minutes of its latest meeting. Emerging markets took a beating on expectations the Fed's quantitative easing will start to dry up. Tokyo tumbled 2.63 per cent, or 361.75 points, to 13,396.38 as the US dollar gave up earlier gains ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... as disappointing American manufacturing data convinced investors the US Federal Reserve would continue its quantitative easing measures. "A weaker US dollar is generally associated with the fact that perhaps tapering won't occur next month as expected," ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... presentation to advisers and other clients at The Westin hotel in Sydney, Douglass said that the impending end of quantitative easing and the subsequent increase in interest rates poses the largest threat to global investors' portfolios. While Douglass ...

Henderson announces record profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... bonds to equities had not been as significant as expected. "Despite the US Federal Reserve's intention to slow quantitative easing, we have experienced less of the anticipated Great Rotation from bonds to equities," he said. "Instead, we experienced ...