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Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even a full month before (7 October), in its monetary policy statement, the Japanese central bank told you, I and Irene that, "Japan's economy is expected ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... afterglow. For afterglow, re-elected Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff had none of after her narrow victory at the 26 October polls. The Brazilian real dropped 3.4% to a nine-year low of 2.5415 versus the greenback on the first day of trading after ...

Vanguard appoints APAC senior economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... Vanguard has appointed Dr Qian Wang as its new senior economist in the Asia-Pacific region. Wang took up the position on October 27 and is based in Hong Kong. She will be part of the global Investment Strategy Group (ISG) team headed by Vanguard chief ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... When QE2 ended in June 2011, the S&P 500 index gained another 2.5% over the next five days before dropping 16.8% by 3 October 2011. It stabilised when the Fed announced "Operation Twist" at its September 2011 meeting, then took off when QE3 was announced ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... Street rose on upbeat US consumer confidence. The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment had flowed through to the Australian market, CommSec ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... growth concerns. The Ifo index of German business confidence fell for the sixth month in a row to a near two-year low in October, which weighed on global markets. On Wall Street, the broad-based S&P 500 dipped 0.15 per cent. CommSec market analyst Tom ...

ANZ halts trading after accidental data release

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... cash profit and foreign exchange, adjusted by division and geography. ANZ 2014 full year results will be announced on October 31 and the annual general meeting will be held on December 18. The leaked document was supposed to be released after the lodgement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... points at 5,423. In Germany, the Ifo economic institute's closely watched business climate index fell to 103.2 points in October from 104.7 points in September. It's its lowest level in nearly two years. In local economic news on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... points at 5,422. In Germany, the Ifo economic institute's closely watched business climate index fell to 103.2 points in October from 104.7 points in September. It's its lowest level in nearly two years. In local economic news on Tuesday, the ANZ-Roy ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... fresh take on this. The latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) sentiment survey - results as at 22 October -- is telling just in case the Fed says something untoward and volatility rears it head one more time. I'll let AAII explain ...