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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 ...

Global re-regulation takes shine off investment banks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... whether the tide is turning. The re-regulation push includes increased capital requirements imposed by the European Central Bank (ECB), increased educational requirements imposed by the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) as well as new 'ring ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... pumping even it means that it losses money when the bills are redeemed on maturity. As determined as the European Central Bank (ECB) which, probably has already hammered out the details of its purchases of non-financial private sector assets unveiled ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Putin and indications of more slowdown in China and the PBOC's latest counter-response and speculation of European Central Bank (ECB) QE. These issues du jour have relegated the goings-on in the world's third biggest economy, Japan -- the Land of the ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... September 2009) -- threatening to turn into outright deflation, financial markets are just as happy that the European Central Bank (ECB) is doing something, anything, to counteract/reverse this state of affairs. Yes Virginia, it wasn't the ECB doing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... the market were lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday night, which some believe could result in new stimulus measures for the eurozone economy. In the US, unemployment ...