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Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0642 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,745. Locally on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank holds its monthly board meeting ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... in Rhode Island on the 22nd of May about well... the "actual course of policy". There were US data a-plenty released overnight and Wall Street was at best... confused - the S&P 500 index gained 0.2% (later than sooner lift-off) but yields on 10-year ...

Shares lower at lunch time

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Australian share market is trading lower despite gains on US markets overnight. "It (the market) started with a bit of enthusiasm but petered away very quickly," Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said. He said there appeared ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... contagion -- except for the jump to 26.3 in mid-October last year ahead of the Fed's final taper decision. VIX reading overnight was at 13.27. Contrary to what the spooky headlines print, investors might not be as fearful of - or are already prepared ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... horses... the Dow, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and the Russell 2000 don't seem to like it - all declined by more than 1% overnight on the "good news". Apart from the "fact" that a crawling economy keeps the Fed's generosity flowing ("patient"), the reason ...

Share market flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... Luxury fashion retailer Oroton plunged 54 cents, or 21%, to $2.02 after cutting its earnings forecast. On Wall Street overnight, the S&P 500 closed at a new record following strong earnings from Best Buy and news that CVS Health would acquire senior ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... see here today. Go away and enjoy a long lunch or plant a tree. This applies to equity markets seeking direction from overnight activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial index weaved and bobbed through intra-day trade before finally closing sharply ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... supports Chicago Fed pres Charles Evans' argument for a lift off "until sometime in early 2016" in his speech in Munich overnight. "Inflation is too low... The FOMC should refrain from raising the federal funds rate until there is much greater confidence ...

Miners weigh on share market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... adviser Michael Heffernan said market heavyweights BHP and Rio were lower because iron ore and oil prices were soft overnight. "BHP and Rio are both down more than two per cent - that's what's caused the market to go down," Heffernan said. In the resources ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... adjustment in the path of inflation". And off the euro went, diving down by 1.4% against the US dollar to US$1.1155 in overnight trade. It's fallen some more as I scribble to US$1.1147. From a 2015 exchange of around US$1.20, the euro dropped to a low ...