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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... monetary stimulus in Europe and good home sales figures. Upbeat US home sales data and speculation that the European Central Bank may buy corporate bonds to tackle slowing inflation rates in the region boosted US markets overnight, CommSec market analyst ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... we find that the ECB has started buying covered bonds and could even do more. Reuters reported that, "The European Central Bank is considering buying corporate bonds on the secondary market and may decide on the matter as soon as December with a view ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... billion ($A9.2 billion) on strong iPhone sales. US stocks also gained momentum from speculation that the European Central Bank could widen its bond-buying initiatives to corporate bonds. LONDON - European stock markets shot up after Chinese economic ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... too - to "...interest rates could remain lower for longer... to avoid the worst outcomes". There, too, is European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member BenoA(R)t CA"urA(C)'s jaw: "We will start within the next days to purchase the assets that ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... instructive. When worse became worst that year, six of the world's biggest central banks - US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - announced a coordinated action to provide additional ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... markets finished sharply lower overnight, with Germany's DAX 30 down two per cent amid disappointment with the European Central Bank's latest stimulus plans. But US stocks finished flat as investors weighed the ECB news against upbeat expectations for ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... 3.9% and Spain's IBEX-35 dropped by 3.1%. At the conclusion of the 4 September Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) - when the bank announced that it would "purchase a broad portfolio of simple and transparent asset-backed securities... ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... morning in the red after European markets fell sharply amid disappointment at the limited nature of the European Central Bank's stimulus program. Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at S&P Capital IQ, said investors did not want to oversell stocks ...

New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... productivity growth". Read, 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 ...

Market Wrap AM

MARKET WRAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... crisis. LONDON - European stocks diverged, with eurozone markets boosted by hopes of fresh stimulus from the European Central Bank (ECB) after weak inflation data, while the single currency hit a two-year low. Frankfurt's DAX index gained 0.55 per cent ...