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A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... expected to raise interest rates sometime this year - and quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB) leaves markets no other option but to catch a ride with greenback. Financial markets appear to be sanguine about ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... swap pricing) from 25% just over a week ago. What changed? What changed was that between then and last week, the European Central Bank (ECB) QE'd and the Bank of Canada (BOC) announced a surprise rate cut. Ipso facto, the RBA could (must?) too. Why must ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Australia Day public holiday. On Friday, the local market posted its biggest weekly gain in two years, helped by the European Central Bank's bigger-than-expected stimulus package. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 81.9 points, or 1.51 per cent, to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
The share market is more than one per cent higher after the European Central Bank announced measures to boost the eurozone's ailing economy. The ECB will buy 60 billion euros ($A85 billion) worth of private and public sector bonds per month between ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... dropped, big time. This is the sort of reaction to expect when already high QE expectations are exceeded. The European Central Bang - whoops, hit the wrong key... then again, "Bang" is more apropos in this context, so I'm keeping it - officially launched ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... contract was up 56 points at 5,419. US and European equities were up more than one per cent overnight after the European Central announced its 60 billion euros ($A84.62 billion) a month economic stimulus plan, which was a bit larger than the market was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. Traders are also optimistic the European Central Bank will vote on Thursday to buy about 50 billion euros ($A72 billion) worth of bonds a month for at least a year as a ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... While the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker (and their dogs and cats) have already pencilled in the European Central Bank's (ECB) QE announcement tonight, it still has the potential to surprise. There are lotta lotta moving parts. How much? ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... made solid gains, buoyed by a strong production report from global miner BHP Billiton and expectations that the European Central Bank will take steps to boost the euro zone's sputtering economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 85.7 points, or 1.61 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... futures contract was up 23 points at 5,281. Europe's leading stock markets got a boost from expectations of further European Central Bank stimulus and better investor confidence in Germany. Locally, mining giant BHP Billiton releases its December quarter ...