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Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Both couldn't be more explicit that their respective monetary policies would remain stimulative for a while longer. The minutes of the 18-19 June FOMC meeting could produce another bout of financial market volatility when it's released later this week ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of RBA minutes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as traders nervously await the Reserve Bank's June board meeting minutes, with the big banks and miners suffering losses. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were regarding a July rate cut as a less likely prospect. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... futures contract was up 11 points at 4,940. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes to its monthly board meeting while the NSW government brings down its budget. Bunnings managing director John Gillam, Harvey ...

Australians missing $18 billion in lost super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... Deanne Stewart, Westpac head of superannuation. "We're all planning to retire, so why don't more of us spend just a few minutes to find any lost super? It's real money which will grow and could really make a difference to your future," Stewart said. ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... has soared by 50.3% this year alone, before yesterday's sharp sell-off. Just try and get your head around that for a few minutes. Done? That's a miraculous 120%-plus annualised return! I don't think we can blame who invested in the Nikkei to bag their ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to congress and the release of the central bank's policy meeting minutes. At 0750 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 16 points at 5,086. Dr Bernanke's testimony ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... few meetings if they improved. The indices took a decisive downward lurch after the release of Federal Reserve meeting minutes showing some officials had discussed curtailing bond purchases as soon as June. LONDON - Europe's main stocks shot higher after ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... "has befuddled even the wisest of interpreters" (Wealth Building Strategies in Energy, Metals and Other Markets). The minutes of the 30April- 1 May FOMC meeting was clear enough. "Most observed that the outlook for the labor market had shown progress ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Reserve Bank of Australia forecasts below-average economic growth in 2013. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said the minutes of the central bank's May 7 board meeting, at which it cut the cash rate to a record low, had prompted investors to reconsider ...