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You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... she came bearing gifts (gift of gab) for Wall Street... and Wall Street heard that it was good. What Wall Street heard: Taper measured. Tapering would proceed "in measured steps" but it's not on a "pre-set course" - now where have I heard that before? ...

Excuses, excuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... familiar? Of course, it is. Wall Street's brought back the rationale of 2013 - good stats are good, bad stats are good (for taper). Well, perhaps not exactly. The bloggies I read talk about the Fed continuing to taper - they must or lose credibility ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Bucking the trend of producing New Year outlook, Credit Suisse has considered remote scenarios including house prices rising by more than 10% and the dollar appreciating to post float highs in a new research paper. Entitled "Wild Ideas Down-under for ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... some more weeks are good or bad because of the distortion created by the severe winter weather or a function of the Fed's taper. But could it also be that last night's rebound is beginning to stimulate investors' imagination that maybe, just maybe, fresh ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... tumult in emerging markets now playing in a theatre very, very near us. What would Janet do? What indeed! Would she delay taper? Would she abandon it? Would she reverse it? It's as clear as the scalp on my balding head that taper is one of the major ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Australian stocks are lower after the US Federal Reserve's decision to further taper its stimulus program added to investor concerns about the decline in emerging markets. Investors have been pulling out of emerging markets in recent weeks as the US ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... Remember it...September 2013? Emerging market equities dropped by 12.2% between late May and towards the end of June as Fed taper speculation started and intensified. The S&P 500 index fell by 5.8% over the same period. No probs...taper would go on. ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 0850 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,281. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2 per cent, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
Australian shares are weaker as a mixed lead out of Wall Street dents the big banks. The mining giants, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, however, are firmer despite concerns China's economy may be experiencing its slowest annual growth in 14 years. The major ...