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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... stimulation soon to ward off "bad" deflation threats. And it may get even better. Recent pronouncements by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - dropping their unemployment rate thresholds, including overall slack in the economy ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most of last week's headline space, changes have also been afoot in China. In a statement on ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... next. Financial reports now talk of investors re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen wants them to understand. If only they followed Janet's advice and ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... open higher as investors shrug off Russia's move to formally absorb Crimea and begin turning attention to a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,364. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... said stronger than expected US data also added to the negative tone on markets, by increasing expectations the US Federal Reserve will speed up the tapering of its stimulus program. "We've got a triple whammy," he said. But Mr McCarthy siad the market ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... eurozone, among others. The positive correlation between the uptrend in the S&P 500 index and growth in the US Federal Reserve's total asset holdings since 2009 settles the debate on whether or not its quantitative easing programme worked or not. Maybe ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... inflows. BlackRock Indexed International Equity also garnered a sizeable inflow of about $430 million. The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it would taper its quantitative easing program triggered an exodus from bond funds of more than $2.3 billion. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... or 0.25 per cent, at 5,415.5 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have finished lower after minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting showed some policymakers sought an early hike in the Fed's benchmark interest rate. At the closing bell on Wednesday ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... denizens of Wall Street lighten up their risks portfolios just a day after assured you, I and Irene that the US Federal Reserve which she now heads would follow the roadmap set by our old friend Ben. And heck, Yellen even added a sweetener. "Crossing ...