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Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... among businesses and consumers and headwinds from falling commodity prices and weak global growth. Besides, other central banks - big and small - are already doin' it, let's have what they're having and join the currency war. But the rationales for the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... up 15 cents to $8.03. Australia's biggest listed gold miner Newcrest was up 33.5 cents, or 2.5 per cent, to $13.895. The banks were mixed. Commonwealth rose 31 cents to $89.64, National Australia Bank had dropped seven cents to $35.56, ANZ added 21 cents ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
Seems like more and more central banks - big and small - are getting the 'when Harry met Sally syndrome' - "I'll have what she's having". The Swiss National Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... week. A fall in the Australian dollar under 78 US cents was also good for companies with operations overseas, with the major banks and big resources companies driving the market's gain. "Obviously, there's speculation that there might be an interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... up 0.56 per cent. The Greek stock market finished the day up almost 3.2 per cent on Thursday and the country's four main banks rose nearly 13 per cent, recovering some of their losses from the previous day. The Athens stock market had plunged over 9 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Pharmaceutical Industries holds its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished higher with the big four banks lifting the share market out of the red earlier in the day. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 5.6 points, or ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... lead from United States markets and concerns about global growth. In early trading, the big miners were mixed and the major banks were lower. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said global forces were pulling back the market. "You just have to look at what ...

A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Will she, won't she? Will Aunt Janet follow the other central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The share market is higher as gains among the big banks and healthcare companies offset a slide in the resources sector. The market is around half a per cent higher despite a sharp drop by the likes of Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Fortescue Metals. Miners ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... this land girth by sea... except for stoking the property prices, that is. So much so that three of the country's big four banks - ANZ, NAB and Westpac - are predicting not just one but two interest rate cuts this year. The CBA stands alone, expecting ...