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Brookvine inks US micro cap deal

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... other interested parties. "Micro cap stocks performed exceptionally well in 2013 amidst the gradual recovery of the US economy and the weaning negative sentiment towards equities," Cuesta said. "Conditions remain very favourable. Cash levels are at all-time ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... US employment figures may have fallen short of expectations but had followed two months of very strong growth. "The US economy, in my view, is still on track to do well, but there's been a few knee-jerk reactions in a negative direction," Mr Heffernan ...

That evil word is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... economy added more than the magic number of 200K last month. It's gonna be a real nail biter if the fate not only of the US economy but the whole world depends on this one number - heads or tails? Surely, this ain't so! The Fed knows it so do you, I ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... The regional decline followed losses on Wall Street as another batch of data provided evidence of an uptick in the US economy, fuelling fears the Fed's bond-buying could be nearing its end. Tokyo climbed 1.92 per cent, or 289.52 points, to 15,365.60 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. In a speech to the National Economists Club in the US, Dr Bernanke said the US economy remained far from where the Fed wanted to see it and that the US central bank was still committed to its economic stimulus policies. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... program will run into next year. Janet Yellen, nominated to take over as head of the Federal Reserve, overnight said the US economy was running "far short" of its potential, which traders have taken as a sign that the money printing won't stop anytime ...

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... "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 by 1.0% on the day - and the Dow by 1.32% -- on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,464. The US Labor Department reported the US economy added 204,000 jobs in October, double what analysts forecast, and revisions to the previous two months added another 60,000 ...

Tapering still some way off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... interest managers around the world are holding shorter-dated bonds than is usual in anticipation of a rate hike. "The US economy continues to exhibit the modest growth and low inflation we have anticipated for some time," continued Leech. "In such an ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... still-profitless social networking service at about $US24 billion ($A25.25 billion). The Commerce Department said the US economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8 per cent in the third quarter, well above the 1.9 per cent projected by analysts. LONDON - ...