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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... or 0.49 per cent, to 5,410.7. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 closed at fresh all-time highs, a day before a US Federal Reserve decision that is expected to maintain its aggressive monetary stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 111.42 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... miners the ones lagging today," he told AAP. US stocks and European stocks were flat overnight but a two-day US Federal Reserve policy meeting is expected to maintain its $85 billion a month asset-purchase program and provide clues about when the pullback ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... points, or 0.96 per cent, at 5,437.3. NEW YORK - US stocks ended a quiet day essentially flat ahead of a two-day US Federal Reserve policy meeting that concludes Wednesday (US time). The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.35 points (0.01 per cent) ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... announce a non-taper. Taper trap. The experience of the May to September taper speculation suggests that the US Federal Reserve may have trapped itself not to taper...forever. Recall how the yield on 10-year US Treasuries rose to as high as 3.0% about ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Federal Reserve's decision to put tapering on hold has heightened the risk of developed world economies entering a period of higher inflation, according to Ardea Investment Management principal Tamar Hamlyn. The fixed-income specialist said that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... really now at that stage where the market is very stimulus-dependent. This (jobs) number suggests they (the US Federal Reserve) probably won't start tapering (easing economic stimulus) this year," Mr Shamu said. "That's more than enough to see the market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... generally solid corporate earnings and increased confidence after a weaker-than-expected jobs report suggested the US Federal Reserve will not soon scale back its stimulus program. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday rose 75.46 points (0.49 per ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... of the US deficit and debt can to 15 January and 7 February - has also put the prospect of any move by the US Federal Reserve to start unwinding its bond purchases a little bit further down the road. Calmer nerves in the bond markets (and record low ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 both gaining almost 1.4 per cent. Ms Ordway said the US Federal Reserve would likely delay a tapering of its $US85 billion-a-month bond buying program.

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... investment and consumers postponing major purchases until they know for certain. Quite the opposite of what the US Federal Reserve had been trying to engineer. Worst, the opportunity costs don't stop in the US of A. It migrates beyond its borders with ...