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You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... may live and prosper. Geo-political tensions and lingering ISIS terrorism further enhance the greenback's allure. Wall Street's sharp drop overnight - the Dow's down by 1.9%; the S&P 500's down 1.7% -- gives substance to the "beggar-they-neighbour" rant ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... You, I and Irene now know that the ECB is going shopping every month for a,-60 billion worth of assets but as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) headlined on 25 February, "ECB Faces Struggle in Sourcing Enough Bonds for QE". (http://www.wsj.com/articles/ecb-faces-struggle-in-sourcing-enough-bonds-for-qe-1424868462) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street. At 0820 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 12 points at 5,827. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is trading lower, after increased prospects of a hike in US interest rates weighed on Wall Street. Strong jobs growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... 'ey Virginia? So good, that it's all so bad. "Baby, baby, baby nooo". This, at least, was the message conveyed by Wall Street's performance on the day the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the jobs numbers. They all fell down - US equities, that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open markedly lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... The Australian market looks set to open flat after a lacklustre finish on Thursday and an unriveting performance on Wall Street where stocks lifted slightly. At 0840 AEDT on Friday, the share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,894. ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... points (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/here-s-how-ecb-qe-will-work). Money, money, money... and yet Wall Street doesn't seem to be all that sunny - the S&P 500 and the Dow closed nearly flat, up 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively. Never mind ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The sharemarket is in the red after initially opening higher, dragged down by the miners and weak leads from Wall Street. IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas says the market is muddled by a slight bounce back in the bank, healthcare and diversified financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 5,910. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...