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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... welcomed, he said. "The US manufacturing data was particularly encouraging as it indicates the private sector of the US economy may not have been too knocked about the government shutdown (last month)," he said. A raft of local and global economic data ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... Kilda. Leading US economist and founding partner of Beacon Economics Christopher Thornberg will present his views on the US economy with a look back at the lasting impact of the global financial crisis. Since 2006, Dr Thornberg has served on the advisory ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's negative lead after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was growing only moderately and still needed support. At 0820 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... index and US nominal GDP...and it got me concerned. The S&P 500 index is running well above the pace of growth in the US economy - i.e., this means it is overvalued. This resolves the argument over whether the Fed's QE is successful or not. It succeeds ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... data on Tuesday. The figures, delayed because of the shutdown, will give investors a better idea of the state of the US economy and could have a bearing on when the Federal Reserve winds down its stimulus. Locally, no major economic news is expected ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... investors are anxious that politicians on Capitol Hill reach an agreement that will avoid a shutdown of parts of the US economy. Tokyo slipped 0.76 per cent, or 112.08 points, to 14,620.53 and Seoul lost 0.45 per cent, or 9.04 points, to 1,998.06. Shanghai ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... on Monday despite encouraging manufacturing figures from China and the eurozone, as market attention focused on the US economy. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.21 per cent to 6,571.46 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 added 0.34 to 8,664.6 points and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street amid greater investor confidence the US economy can withstand an expected reduction of Federal Reserve stimulus measures. At 0811 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price ...

Surprise tapering delay boosts Australian shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... threatens the recovery." However, Westpac economist Elliot Clarke said did not share Oliver's surprise saying that the US economy is still too weak to justify a stimulus slowdown. "There is not really clear evidence that the US economy is accelerating. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... morning (Australian time) that it will start to wind back its asset buying program, which has helped stimulate the US economy for several years. At 1025 AEST Mining giant BHP Billiton was 28 cents lower at $35.99, Rio Tinto had lost 57 cents to $62.83 ...