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The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... releases in-between. Though perhaps, I'll just take Gov Glenn at his word. "The forthcoming 'lift-off' by the Federal Reserve, when it happens, will surely be the most telegraphed monetary policy adjustment in history." But before that, the Fed would ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... is that a lift-off wouldn't come in September or December but in September AND December. According to Reuters, "Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell on Tuesday said the U.S. economy could be ready for a first interest rate hike in September followed ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... too long for the region to recover, that it is a 'two steps forward, one step back situation." But following the Federal Reserve's QE program, "the US responded to the stimulus and is getting back to normal." The main difference with Europe is not only ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... S&P 500 gained 20.80 points (0.99 per cent) at 2,121.24. Analysts attributed the rally largely to Wednesday's Federal Reserve policy announcement and pledge from Chair Janet Yellen that the US central bank will raise interest rates from near-zero levels ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... was up 55.1 points, or one per cent, to 5,590.3 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have risen after the US Federal Reserve kept its near-zero benchmark interest rate unchanged and Chair Janet Yellen pledged a methodical approach to raising rates. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... contract was up 47 points at 5,574. US stocks were up 0.6 per cent, ending a two-day losing streak ahead of a Federal Reserve policy announcement that is expected to shed light on the timing of interest rate hikes. Locally on Wednesday, Westpac-Melbourne ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... for the market." Cardillo said there are other factors behind the pullback in US equities, including next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting that will update the Fed's plan to hike interest rates in the coming months. Petroleum stocks dropped on lower ...

Finology expert to address AFA roadshow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... and insurance companies on issues such as finology and behavioural finance. Lazenby has also worked with the US Federal Reserve, as well as Fortune 100 executives and global financial services firms. Sunsuper national manager retail distribution and ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Roberts said. Roberts added his view that the rise in bond yields is a also blip in the United States where the Federal Reserve continues to prepare markets for the first official interest rate increase in a decade. He said Europe had improved relative ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Wednesday morning gains in the US dollar against the Japanese currency, fuelled by two US reports that gave the Federal Reserve more ammunition to raise interest rates. With US markets ending largely unchanged, the region had few catalysts to fuel trade ...