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The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... long ago - when the S&P 500 dropped by 7.4% between mid-September to mid-October 2014 - but that time it was Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis president James Bullard who played the knight in shining armour. As MarketWatch reported on 16 October 2014 ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... 0.2 per cent contraction. LONDON - European stock markets rose on company updates and as investors assess the Federal Reserve's outlook for the economy. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.57 per cent to finish at 6,668.87 points. In the eurozone ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... after another positive session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent after the US Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near-zero per cent and gave no fresh clues on the timing of a long-awaited rate hike. At ...

A$ down but would it stay down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... story, i.e., it depends on whether or not the Fed lifts and when it lifts. Will it? Can it? Not if you ask the Federal Reserve of Bank of New York. It published a research piece last week titled, "The Effect of the Strong Dollar on U.S. Growth" You can ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people are still struggling to digest", said Chris ...