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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... euro gained against the US dollar as traders reacted to a batch of company updates while awaiting the outcome of a US Fed policy meeting. After swinging between gains and losses, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended Wednesday up 0.04 to 6,777.7 points. ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... currently doing to turn deflation back into inflation -- it's QE-ing massively - to realise Ben's mention of the D-word on Fed policy....and the risks to the US economy. "...the risks remain that tight federal fiscal policy will restrain economic growth ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... pending home sales, fresh evidence that economic growth remains steady. Suggesting that markets had over-reacted to Fed policy statements last week, William Dudley, chief of the Fed's New York branch, emphasized that it would not end its bond-buying ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Composite jumped 28.57 (0.83 per cent) to 3,452.13. Stocks ended off their one per cent-plus gains, with uncertainty over Fed policy and the lack of much hard news driving the market. But support came from the push to a seven-year high in the National ...

A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... foreheadthe general macro theme ever since Uncle Ben set QE3 a-sailing last 13 September -- bad news is good news in terms of Fed policy and good news is well...good news. You could have joined the army reserves the past two weeks, or volunteered for ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... and voting member of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). In an interview with CNBC, he made it clear that, "Fed policy is very easy and it's going to stay easy for a long time". Unless, of course, the US and world economies improve faster than ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
Ok folks, just a few more sleepless nights then perhaps we can all rest easy and enjoy the next ride up in the equity markets. Big Benny is due to speak at Jackson Hole in front of other central bankers on the 26th - yup, that's three days from now. ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... suggestion at QE3. I'm not so sure for I've learnt from history. If at all, the dissents and arguments against more Fed policy splurges at about this time last year were greater - and even more hawkish. In June 2010, Kansas City Fed President Thomas ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... explain recent trading sessions closing in the red." While I agree that investors might be selling ahead of QE2's end, Fed policy remains and will be kept on the "very easy" side for who knows when, ensuring that liquidity remains plentiful. The Fed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are set for a weaker opening with worse than expected US employment data causing significant falls on Wall Street. At 0821 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 72 points lower at 4,575. In economic ...

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