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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... $1.2715 at around 1700 GMT from $1.2666 late in New York on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed to higher after the ECB gave the majority of eurozone banks a clean bill of health. But China was hit by the postponement of a planned stock-trading ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... consequences" for US growth? More so, because this comes at the same time that financial markets anticipate the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to ramp up their respective QEs. I guess we just have to wait for the Fed's fresh ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... fell below 2.0% intraday and the VIX jumped to a 30-plus reading intra-day. We know what happened then. The Fed, the BOE, the ECB and the BOJ went into action... with their words. This morning, everything's bright and beautiful with rosy earnings from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... to $US1.2657 from $US1.2714 late in New York on Tuesday as it continued to feel pressure from the possibility of stepped-up ECB stimulus action. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly pushed higher, taking a lead from fresh gains in New York and Europe in ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... from the rest of the world." But hey, that was last week - the week that ended with CB assurances. This week we find that the ECB has started buying covered bonds and could even do more. Reuters reported that, "The European Central Bank is considering ...

Jawbone collection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... to "...interest rates could remain lower for longer... to avoid the worst outcomes". There, too, is European Central Bank (ECB) governing council member BenoA(R)t CA"urA(C)'s jaw: "We will start within the next days to purchase the assets that are foreseen ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... the threat to growth, the less appetite central banks (Fed and BOE) to normalise monetary policy or provide more stimuli (ECB and BOJ and PBOC) until the risks go away and economies gets a clear run to stronger and more sustainable growth. But I digress. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... 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 September US employment figures due to me released tonight. CommSec market analyst Steven ...

Super Mario dropkicks markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... 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... under ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... appeared disappointed at the limited extent of the European Central Bank's plans to launch its contested purchases programs. The ECB as expected left its key interest rates unchanged on Thursday, holding its main "refinancing" rate steady at 0.05 per ...