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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... 2.02 per cent, to 4,743.9 points. NEW YORK - US stocks plunged, continuing a global markets rout spurred by the Federal Reserve's plans to cut stimulus and more bad news in China's manufacturing and banking sectors. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... rates of delinquency." I don't think I need to remind you what happened after that. AFP (10 January 2008). "The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession." Ha ha bloody ha. As it turned out, the US was already in recession - Q4 2007 - ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rose decisively as investors bet that the Federal Reserve will stay the course on its economic stimulus policy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Ordinaries index was up 29.5 points, or 0.62 per cent, to 4,805.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks surged a day before the Federal Reserve begins meeting to review monetary policy, with expectations mounting that it will make no sharp changes to its economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... Monday, with the greenback also climbing, after a report showing modest gains in US job creation eased concerns the Federal Reserve will soon start to roll back its huge monetary easing scheme. However, buying sentiment was tempered by more relatively ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... dollar rose slightly after shedding around one per cent against the yen in New York, while expectations that the Federal Reserve will start to pull back on its monetary easing also pushed the US unit up further against its Australian counterpart. Tokyo ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite fell 20.11 (0.58 per cent) to 3,445.26. Speeches by several officials of the Federal Reserve kept speculation alive over the timing for the central bank to begin slowing its quantitative-easing bond purchases, though ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... Tokyo clawing back some ground after plunging in the previous session, as tepid US data eased concerns that the Federal Reserve could begin tapering its aggressive stimulus program. Tokyo climbed 1.37 per cent, or 185.51 points, to 13,774.54 after the ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... have been interpreted as a sign of recovery in the US but the global strategist believes the point at which the Federal Reserve begins scaling back its stimulus program remains the biggest question for investors. "At 15 times price-to-earnings the US ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... April, to post the highest level since February 2008. Stocks were also boosted by greater confidence that the Federal Reserve won't immediately end its bond-buying program and relief that Japan's stock market rose Tuesday. LONDON - Europe's main stock ...