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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... rebounded on Wednesday as weak Chinese economic growth data stoked Beijing stimulus hopes while the European Central Bank (ECB) pledged to fully implement its stimulus measures. HONG KONG - Asian markets have finished higher on Thursday, with Shanghai ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... in March. LONDON - European equities rebounded as weak Chinese economic growth data stoked Beijing stimulus hopes while the ECB pledged to fully implement its stimulus measures. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.30 per cent to 7,096.78 points ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... backdrop of the "now" (not a typo, Mr. editor) normal of lower global growth. Spending money to make money. That's what the ECB and BOJ are currently doing with their QE's and in case you missed it, the BOE continues to maintain its asset purchase ceiling ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... inflation (excluding the sales tax effect) eased to 0.2% in January from 0.5% in December. More QE... please? Not for the ECB. Markit's PMI surveys for the region have been improving even before it spent its first QE euro. Markit's Eurozone PMI Composite ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... US is "expected" to raise interest rates one day while the other central banks are still on the race to the bottom with the ECB and the BOJ digging even deeper and the BOE continues to maintain the ceiling of its asset buying programme at A£375 billion ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... and the possible drag on US exports. LONDON - German and French stock markets rebounded sharply after upbeat comments from ECB head Mario Draghi but the euro struck a 12-year low on expectations of a US rate hike. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shot above ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... have already hit the pavement are digging some more with negative interest rates (Swiss National Bank) or QE-ing (BOJ and ECB). All designed to shoo investors away from their national legal tenders and towards the arms of the US dollar so that they're ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... "The die is cast". This is what Julius Caesar exclaimed when he crossed the river Rubicon back in 49 BC. The same phrase that ECB president Mario Draghi must be uttering to himself as he began spending the first euro of his a,-60 billion a month quantitative ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... Greece presented its reform plans to its eurozone partners in Brussels in order to secure a further financial lifeline and the ECB started its bond-buying program. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading companies dropped 0.51 per cent to 6,876.47 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... the lowest level since May 2008. LONDON - The euro tumbled through the $US1.09 level to strike a fresh 11.5-year low as the ECB nears the launch of its massive stimulus package and strong US jobs data raises the possibility of a US rate hike soon. Frankfurt's ...