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Three down one to go, then another three in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
And so it came to pass. As expected, the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate target range by 25 basis points to 2.0%-2.25% following its two-day FOMC meeting on the 25th and 26th of September. US equities rallied immediately after the Fed's ...

Robo-adviser crashes during Wall Street selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... impact on trading." The platform's co-founder, Andy Rachleff, later commented on the 1600-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, noting that "many of our clients will feel incredibly unsettled as a result." However, he added that Wealthfront's ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world..." -- Louis Armstrong Yes Virginia, if the strong performance of most major equity markets around the world is any indication, 2018 will ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Unless North Korean tensions escalate beyond the "missile testing" tit-for-tat, it'll be the Fed that will occupy financial market consciousness this week. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will start their two-day deliberations on monetary policy ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... 2,488.1 points (more than making up for the 0.6% decline it recorded at the close of trading last week); the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.2% overnight (from -0.9% last week) and regained its hold above the 22,000-point mark; Bloomberg's US dollar ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... lower following a mixed batch of earnings reports and another big decline by technology giant Apple. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 47.51 points (0.27 per cent) to 17,550.69. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 4.72 (0.22 per cent) to 2,093.32, while ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... have weighed on US stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 55.52 points (0.31 per cent) to 17,690.46. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 4.71 (0.22 per cent) to 2,103.92 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... the Nasdaq has gained as food giant Mondelez raises its forecast after better-than-expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 5.41 points (0.03 per cent) to 17,745.98 on Thursday. The broad-based S&P 500 was essentially flat, adding 0.06 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Australian share market is set to open higher after another positive session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh ...