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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... striking a new record on strong corporate earnings and expectations of continued loose monetary policy when the Federal Reserve meets next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61.07 (0.39 per cent) on Friday to 15,570.28. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said that the expansionary effect that can be seen in the market is coming from investors' expectations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... markets closed mostly down, while the US dollar sank after weaker-than-expected US jobs data raised expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus program in place. The September report out of Washington showed the economy struggling to add ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... jobs were added to the economy in September, well below the 180,000 expected - led analysts to conclude that the Federal Reserve would delay easing its $US85 billion-a-month bond buying program until early next year. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... to open higher following gains on international markets as investors interpret US jobs figures as meaning the Federal Reserve will continue its stimulus measures. At 0817 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 31 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... shutdown, will give investors a better idea of the state of the US economy and could have a bearing on when the Federal Reserve winds down its stimulus. Locally, no major economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, BHP Billiton and Oil Search ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... more respected professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Blinder, in his opinion piece on the Wall Street Journal wrote: "If the Treasury loses the ability to borrow more ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... or (0.46 per cent, to 3,677.78. Markets took in stride comments by President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Fed veteran Janet Yellen, who said she would keep policy focused on boosting growth. LONDON - European stocks slid with news ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... complimentary, however, with accusations she is too close to the Democrats and that when she was President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco branch she didn't read any of the warning signs regarding the 2008 housing bubble although ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... US dollar edged down against the yen, with investors saying the Capitol Hill stand-off made it less likely the Federal Reserve would start winding down its stimulus program soon. Tokyo gained 0.20 per cent, or 28.92 points, to 14,484.72 and Seoul added ...