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Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
For an itsy-bitsy while last week, I feared that the "good is good and bad is good" catchphrase on Wall Street has died and gone to catchphrase heaven. Good news on the US economy became ba-ba-bad to the bones Thursday last week. The S&P 500 index declined ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
Quantitative easing is having little direct impact on the market, according to Cato Institute senior fellow Dr William Poole. In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Most EM currencies bounce back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
Emerging market currencies bouncing back so quickly after the US Fed reversed its signals that it would soon start tapering its economic stimulus confirms how far these markets have matured since the GFC. In May through June this year US Fed chairman ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Federal Open Market Committee's surprise decision not to begin tapering its stimulus measures has brought a fresh wave of confidence to Australian investors, according to industry experts. Federal Reserve chairman Ban Bernanke said the US would ...

New AllianceBernstein fund offers solution for Fed tapering

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
AllianceBernstein is preparing to launch a global fixed income fund with an absolute return objective to the Australian retail market. With the end of the US Federal Reserve's US$85 billion a month quantitative easing policy looming on the horizon ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
It's all about China.A It's not landing hard.A It's stabilising. That's what you'll read in most finance headlines this morning Virginia as the main pusher of positive sentiment in Asian equity markets yesterday and Wall Street overnight. Europe closed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
The Australian share market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street rose on encouraging US employment data. At 0740 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,147. In economic news on Friday ...

QE tapering fears spark $1 billion flight from bonds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Outflows of around $1 billion from Australian bond funds are being viewed by many as a signal the 32-year bull market in the asset class is over, but some funds have bucked the trend. According to data provided by Morningstar, Australian internationally ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
Investors with exposure to benchmark-sensitive fixed income investments are at the greatest risk from the uncertainty arising from the end of quantitative easing and the impending global interest rate rise, according to a senior global bond portfolio ...