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Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... well in the world, financial markets are resting easy that that "considerable time" before the Fed starts raising interest rates would remain "considerable" as far as the eye can see... that, or mama Janet Yellen would be invoking a quote from the 1999 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... Esho said commodity prices would have to lift if the Australian market were to show some sustained improvement, or interest rates would have to be cut. "If neither of those two occurs, I think our market is still caught in a downward trend," he said. ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... fully internalizing the uncertainties around the global outlook. A larger-than-expected increase in U.S. long-term interest rates, geopolitical events, or major growth disappointments could trigger widespread disruption."...has already been taken up ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... September - the lowest in six years - from 6.1% in the previous month. Good news for the economy... bad news for interest rates. Rate hikes would be soon sooner rather than late later. Omeegod, omeegod, omeegod. At least that's what the blogeratti had ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... the European Central Bank's plans to launch its contested purchases programs. The ECB as expected left its key interest rates unchanged on Thursday, holding its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per cent after cutting it last month. And ECB chief ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... day we could only play by the rules they set. We could speculate, debate, argue about whether the Fed would raise interest rates "sooner-rather-than-later" or later rather than sooner but at the end of the day - and as the September FOMC statement printed ...

RBA should take action on negative gearing: AUI

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... suggested that the RBA should be looking at it before considering additional capital or lending controls, or raising interest rates. "Statistics show that negative gearing is heavily used by investors, and that is likely having a significant impact on ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... tenners Friday might have less to do with America's stronger June quarter growth report and its implications for interest rates and more to do with the "Bond King's" - Bill Gross - divorce from PIMCO. They have been synonymous since I learned how to ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... retirees who need to focus their attention on income assets. Low economic growth (and the resultant record low interest rates) has put traditional sources of yield under pressure. While saving for a first home deposit, wedding or family holiday used ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... mixed, with many indexes reversing early gains as initial cheer from a Wall Street rally was replaced by concerns US interest rates could rise sooner than expected. Another batch of strong data out of Washington also lit a fire under the US dollar, which ...