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Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... co-founded the group and manages the $3.7 billion Magellan Global Fund, believes the most likely scenario is that the Federal Reserve will successfully manage a gradual recovery by slowly tapering the stimulus and communicating any interest rate hikes ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... stocks finished lower as Wall Street took a beating from a drop in the US trade deficit which fuelled fears the Federal Reserve's stimulus program may soon be wound up, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares slipped 0.23 per cent to ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... ended mostly lower on Monday on a fairly quiet day during which some investors fretted about the pullback of the Federal Reserve's aggressive bond-buying program. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 46.23 (0.30 per cent) at ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... expected. US GDP grew 1.7 per cent in the quarter, above the 1.1 per cent pace expected by analysts. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded a two-day meeting saying economic growth was at a "modest" pace and pledging ...

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... not a higher exchange rate) on the capital account. So what's a central bank to do? Especially if and when the Federal Reserve eventually tapers and capital outflows out of emerging markets gather fresh momentum and puts renewed stress on India's current ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... territory after Monday's losses, while the Nasdaq maintained gains throughout the session. The action came as the Federal Reserve opened a two-day monetary policy meeting expected to provide no new direction but perhaps clues to the Fed's thinking on ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... points, or 0.24 per cent, to 15,521.97 points. Analysts said investors were hesitant to make big bets before the Federal Reserve weighs in Wednesday with its policy statement and the jobs data is released Friday. Mr McCarthy said economic data from China ...

Balanced funds ill-suited for fixed income blow-up

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's recent comments that tapering may end early 2014, but Fletcher said that the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes are tied to the unemployment rate falling toward 6.5%, which is not expected until 2015 Nevertheless ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... Repsol and telecom company Telefonica. The sell-off was fuelled by US housing data that raised concerns about the Federal Reserve's stimulus program, analysts said. The euro rose to $US1.3236 from $US1.3199 in New York late on Wednesday. HONG KONG - ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... KONG - Asian markets rose as unexpectedly weak housing data from the United States increased the likelihood the Federal Reserve would keep its stimulus program in place for some time. Hong Kong and Shanghai led the gains after China's premier hinted ...