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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... gains in opening trade as investors snap up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back its asset purchase stimulus program at the end ...

QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... out into December". Did you hear what I heard? "Pause on taper". Not only that, according to MarketWatch, "The Federal Reserve should consider extending its bond-buying program beyond October due to the market selloff to see how the U.S. economic outlook ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Talk about being careful... for they might come true. 'Twas not so long ago that Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... me and to the committee". She told us so at her press conference after the June FOMC meeting. Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) told us that, "the low volatility in asset markets could, in part, reflect market participants' ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... a profound impact on the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment professionals who debated the impact ...

Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... disappointments could trigger widespread disruption."...has already been taken up by the Fed and more specifically, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) in its economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy"... not ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... well. "That global momentum seems to be pushing up." Mr Weston said investors appeared comfortable with how the Federal Reserve was handling interest rates, and US markets looked likely to continue heading to new all-time highs. At 1025 AEST in the resources ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... break-up of the UK," he added. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen with the US dollar rallying after the Federal Reserve stuck to its timetable on hiking interest rates but indicated they could rise more sharply than initially envisaged. The ...

Instant replay of the song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... last March was Freudian slip. Though to be fair (to me), I did type last week that I'm with Janet - versus the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) - and what she delivered at the Jackson Hole in August: This is what I wrote last 10 September ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... financial crisis. Wall Street provided a negative lead after another round of solid indicators fanned expectations the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates sooner than later. The pound edged lower as investors grew jittery about Thursday's knife-edge ...