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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Australian shares are weaker after a US Federal Reserve official said tapering of economic stimulus could begin in October. Resources and energy stocks were the worst performers on the market. St Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... outweighed weakness among resources stocks. Cautious investors are biding their time ahead of the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting and an expected announcement on Thursday, AEST, on the tapering of its economic stimulus. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... gains made during Thursday's rally. The market hit a new five year high on Thursday as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's decision to continue with its economic stimulus program. But a day later, the market is in consolidation mode and likely ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher after the US Federal Reserve surprised investors by deciding to continue with its $US85 billion-a-month stimulus scheme. The All Ordinaries had jumped 59.7 points, or 1.14 per cent, to 5,290.1 after opening ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... European stock markets rallied and the US dollar slid after Larry Summers withdrew from the race to lead the US Federal Reserve. Traders welcomed news of a deal aimed at averting a US-led military attack on Syria, as they awaited this week's Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... European stock markets rallied and the US dollar slid after Larry Summers withdrew from the race to lead the US Federal Reserve. Traders welcomed news of a deal aimed at averting a US-led military attack on Syria, as they awaited this week's Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... mostly lower in quiet trade at the end of a positive week for investors, as attention turns to next week's US Federal Reserve meeting. Wall Street provided a soft lead, with no fresh cues to spur buying, as dealers await the Fed's plans for its huge ...

New AllianceBernstein fund offers solution for Fed tapering

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... global fixed income fund with an absolute return objective to the Australian retail market. With the end of the US Federal Reserve's US$85 billion a month quantitative easing policy looming on the horizon, and global interest rates set to rise, the global ...

EM correction, it's different this time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... are positioned fundamentally differently to how they were in 1997 and should absorb this latest correction. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke repeatedly signaling in recent months that the Fed will begin reducing the $85 billion per month US bond ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... retreated despite gains across Asia, as sentiment was hit by fresh fears over Syria and the possible withdrawal of US Federal Reserve stimulus. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended Monday down 0.25 per cent at 6,530.74 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 was ...