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FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... recently become more urgent. The impact of rising rates was highlighted in May and June last year when hints that the Federal Reserve was looking at an early exit from quantitative easing sparked a 100 basis point spike in the 10-year Treasury yield. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... Street mostly gained following more conciliatory statements by Russia's president amid the Ukraine crisis and the Federal Reserve chair's Congressional testimony. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was up 28 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones reaching a new record after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up after a winter slowdown. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... was up 17 points at 5,424. March US home construction and industrial production bolstered sentiment while the Federal Reserve's Beige Book on US economic conditions confirmed the central bank's view that recent weakness was largely due to bad winter ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... YORK - US stocks surged on the back of a rebound in technology stocks, helped by Janet Yellen's assurance the Federal Reserve will continue to support the economy. At the close on Monday the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 134.60 points (0.79 per ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Conference Board's index of leading indicators, rose 0.5 per cent in February, the largest amount in three months. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said manufacturing had rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. And, the number ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... increased 0.5 per cent following a slight 0.1 per cent rise in January and a 0.1 per cent decline in December. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. The ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... he said. "The US Fed meeting tonight sees the market positioned for a downgrade of economic projections." The Federal Reserve's two day monetary policy meeting is not expected to result in any change to its program for tapering stimulus measures. In ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street as investors worked through the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting. At 0833 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 5,361. ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... meeting when the unemployment rate stood at 7.8%. In a document titled, " How does forward guidance about the Federal Reserve's target for the federal funds rate support the economic recovery ?,"A the Board of Governors explained how they arrived at ...