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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 30.33 points (0.97 per cent) to 3,161.82. Speculation that the Federal Reserve would end its aggressive bond-buying program in 2013 had driven stock markets lower both Wednesday and Thursday. LONDON - European ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... people's vomit instead. The S&P 500 index dropped by 1.24% overnight as "as investors weighed minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showing a debate over the risks and benefits of further stimulus action" (Bloomberg). Don't bother looking at ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... closed modestly lower after data showed the US economy unexpectedly shrank in the last quarter of 2012, and the Federal Reserve maintained its loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 44.77 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 13,909.65. ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... closed modestly lower after data showed the economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter last year and the Federal Reserve maintained its loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 44.77 points (0.32 per cent) to 13,909.65. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... per cent, to 4,591.8. NEW YORK - Wall Street faltered in the final hour of trade, giving up earlier gains on the Federal Reserve's moves to continue to boost the US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 2.99 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 13,245.45. ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... that the house construction sector could be a net contributor to GDP growth for the first time since 2005. The Federal Reserve echoes these results with just released survey figures showing 6.9% of US consumers plan to buy a home in the next six months. ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... in the eurozone. "Developments in the US should mean the next upswing will be more sustainable," he said. "The Federal Reserve has committed to maintaining loose monetary policy long into the upturn, even if this causes inflation to overshoot their target." ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... upside and the housing market appears to be showing a useful recovery, even before any beneficial impact from the Federal Reserve's recently announced QE3 policy, which is aimed at lowering mortgage costs," he said. "Meanwhile, the news from China shows ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... "We would argue that investors have already assimilated much of the recent policy announcements," he said. "The Federal Reserve's QE3 announcement spurred equity markets higher in the late summer, but studies have shown that each round of stimulus has ...

Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... that monetary policy will now remain unchanged. Mitt Romney had pledged to remove Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve and was opposed to quantitative easing, which has proven supportive of both equities and the housing market."