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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 ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" The song instantly played in my head as soon as I read about what the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - the one that Fed Chair Janet Yellen was president of from 2004 to 2010 - just did. The San Fran Fed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Kenjol Capital Management. The report was much better than in March, but "was not so strong as to suggest the Federal Reserve may actually raise rates next month," he said. Many economists said the jobs data suggested the Fed likely would wait until ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three years. While the Federal Reserve anticipates a normalisation of the economy and the monetary policy, the market is pricing stagnation and low growth and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... until recently. LONDON - European stocks tumbled on weak US economic growth data, and before the outcome of the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting. Frankfurt's blue-chip DAX 30 index plunged 3.21 per cent on Wednesday to close at 11,432.72 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... dollar has jumped above the US 80 cent mark on the back of weak US consumer confidence data and concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy meeting that starts on Wednesday, US time. As for the banks, the Commonwealth Bank was down six cents to $92.52 ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... asset allocation Enrique Chang. Visiting Australia to meet with existing and potential new clients, Chang said the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other organisations are attempting to generate growth but it hasn't worked as well as anyone ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... the establishment of a new Prudential Supervisory Agency that would centralise the regulatory functions of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and prudential supervisory ...