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No rate increases in near future: banks

AAP | THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003

... journalists. "So perhaps around March, April a 0.25 basis point rise. "We are definitely seeing some steepening of the yield curve at the moment so the market is factoring in the expectation of a moderate interest rate rise. But we think it will be modest." ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks dip in quiet trade

... 4,260.9. The US bond market closed mixed, as traders continued to re-assess the outlook for policy tightening and the yield curve steepened. The yield on the two-year note fell 2 points to 1.60%, while the yield on the 10-year was trading 1 point higher ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks down on profit-taking

... helped push London's FTSE 100 up 2.4 points, with the UK index closing at 4,225.9. In the US Treasuries market, the yield curve continued to flatten as investors re-assessed the potential timing of interest rate increases. The yield on the 2-year note ...

ICAP economists predict yield curve will flatten

In its latest weekly update, ICAP's expert economists have said that once the market senses and/or the Federal Reserve signals that official rates are going to start rising, the curve should flatten, with short rates rising faster than long rates. They ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds down on strong data

... revisions to data for May and June. The yield on the 10-year bond rose 13 points to 4.56%, while shorter parts of the yield curve were also sold off heavily. Equity markets were hurt by the sharp rise in yields, with the Dow Jones industrial average ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares open higher

... for 'a considerable period'. The yield on the 10-year bond jumped seven points to 5.59%, with shorter parts of the yield curve also weaker. The Australian dollar was also trading at $US0.6567, down almost a quarter of a US cent from yesterday's local ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up, bonds lower

... strengthening in activity. The yield on the 10-year bond rose seven points to 4.43%, although the short end of the US yield curve proved more resilient. The US dollar was mixed, with the euro slipping back below $US1.1300 and ending New York trade at ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares push higher in afternoon trade

Midday market wrap: Bonds, shares both weaker

... points to 5.49%, while the November 2006 bond was five points higher at 4.86%. Analysts said shorter parts of the yield curve still remain vulnerable in the absence of an imminent rate cut by the RBA. The central bank next meets on 5 August. A report ...

Morning market wrap: Dow closes at 5-week high

... close 18.4 points down at 4,131.2. The US bond market was narrowly mixed, with small gains at the shorter end of the yield curve offset by a weakening among longer-dated maturities. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond was one point higher at 4.19%. ...

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Vale Garry Wyatt

KARREN VERGARA | 12:35PM

Garry Wyatt, the co-founder and chief executive of Insync Funds Management, has sadly passed away.

NRF appoints inaugural chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN | 11:28AM

The National Reconstruction Fund has named its first chief investment officer.

First Bitcoin ETF to launch this week on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN | 12:44PM

VanEck will make history this week as the first investment manager to launch a Bitcoin ETF on the ASX.

More Aussies anticipate renting in retirement: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN | 12:47PM

An increasing number of Australians expect to be paying off a mortgage or forced to rent in retirement, according to the latest Vanguard How Australia Retires survey.

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