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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... points, at 15,627.26, the best finish since late December 2007. The market maintained early gains after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) wrapped up a two-day meeting with a unanimous vote to keep its monetary policy unchanged, as the country attempts to tackle ...

Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... past 31 that the index has been below the 50 expansion/contraction mark. All because of the A$. Perhaps the RBA should do a BOJ and kill the AUD too. The G-20 wouldn't mind as long as it explains to them that, like Japan, its actions are directed at ...

Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... your neighbours (except for South Korea) agree to be beggared, would you now? But whatever, this has emboldened action man BOJ Kuroda to do more potaytos. "Winning international understanding gives me more confidence to conduct monetary policy appropriately...We ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... deteriorate, the pace of purchases could be increased." (Fed Minutes) And it's become an even greater win-win proposition with the BOJ now also expanding its balance sheet to infinity. Just think of all those trillions of yen seeking higher yields. PIMCO ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... edging down 0.24 points to 13,192.35 following an almost 10 per cent rally since Wednesday fuelled by the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) stimulus measures. Seoul was 0.11 per cent higher, adding 2.05 points to 1,920.74. Shanghai was 0.64 per cent higher, adding ...

No promises, promises for Kuroda

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
... $1.3001 from $1.3004 late in New York on Friday. The yen tumbled against the US dollar in the wake of last week's Bank of Japan (BoJ) stimulus announcement. The greenback surged to 99.01 yen, which was the highest level since May 2009. It later pulled ...

2011 and 2012 Redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... more than four per cent in early trade on Friday to its highest level since August 2008, a day after the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) stimulus aimed at bringing years of deflation to an end. However, profit-taking later in the day meant the rally petered in ...