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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, but Tokyo reversed early selling to add to the 10 per cent rally since the Bank of Japan's surprise monetary easing announcement last week. Tokyo added 0.44 per cent, or 74.85 points, to 16,937.32. However, Seoul ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... as investors believe the European Central Bank will take further measures to boost the region's economy after the Bank of Japan unveiled a fresh round of stimulus last week. "Commodities overnight were smashed in London and also Chicago, so that's certainly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's surprise monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo, which surged more than four per cent at the open, ended 2.73 per cent higher, adding 448.71 points to 16,862.47 ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... bond purchase programmes (2 October); the US Federal Reserve announced the completion of QE3 (29 October); and, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) expanded its quantitative and qualitative monetary easing measures (31 October). It'll be interesting to know the ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... say go go go, oh no You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello" -- The Beatles Just as the Fed concluded QE3, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even a full month before (7 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street gained more than one per cent following the Bank of Japan's surprise stimulus announcement ignited a rally on global stock exchanges. At 0818 AEST on Monday, the December share price ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... at the same time that the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to roll out its money printing machine and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) anticipated to print some more. The Fed killed QE because "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... so, because this comes at the same time that financial markets anticipate the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to ramp up their respective QEs. I guess we just have to wait for the Fed's fresh take on this. The latest American ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... interest rate hikes would be limited and gradual. More different again is the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's stances. No chance of 'em raising interest rates anytime soon. In fact, the ECB is set to announce the details of its recent ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... after a last-minute rise in demand before the consumption tax hike is easing". News last week indicates that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has already started pumping. The BOJ purchased three-month, six month and one year JGBs at negative yields - minus 0.004% ...