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Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... respective monetary policies last week. All three kept interest rates unchanged. All three are closely monitoring their currencies exchange rate against Uncle Sam's legal tender. And they don't like what they see. The Australian dollar has risen by 4.5% ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... after all! But this is the root of many a-forecasters problems. Extrapolating! More so... extrapolating movements in currencies. This is because currencies - the free-floating ones - are an equilibrating force. They bear the pressure from economic adjustments. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Viktor Yanukovych. The deepening crisis has scared investors away from riskier assets, including equities and risk currencies. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the situation in Ukraine was clearly dragging down the market. "We saw a ...

Market down on Ukraine unrest

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Viktor Yanukovych. The deepening crisis has scared investors away from riskier assets, including equities and risk currencies, IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said. "The US futures plummeted at 10am (AEDT); the Dow was down about 112 points and ...

AUSCOAL Super tweaks SSgA currency mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... creative and collaborative hedging strategy reflected a decision by the board as well as the investment team to manage currencies more dynamically through the business cycle. "We felt SSgA's Australian-based currency team, with their consultative and ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... is seeing sustained recovery in the USD. In reaction, however, downward pressure on emerging market and safe haven currencies like the AUD is expected to continue. The IMF meanwhile in a statement yesterday said it believes the AUD needs to fall by another ...

Macquarie says market conditions improving

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... was up on the same period last year and the previous quarter. But capital markets-facing businesses - fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC); Macquaries Securities; and Macquarie Capital - had experienced mixed trading conditions. Their combined ...

ETF market has first fall in 20 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... Despite equity markets being volatile, ETFs provide investors access to other asset classes such as commodities and currencies to develop a diversified portfolio with the potential to outperform across a variety of market conditions," Vynokur continued. ...

Roast Turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... answer and it's an emphatic NO. Asian interest rates soared too in 1997 (they bore the brunt of adjustment because currencies were pegged to the US dollar).A For instance, Malaysian overnight rates jumped from 7.5% to 40.4% between July 9 and July 10 ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014