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Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... quantitative easing programme. And we all know, where there's meat... there's a barbecue. This is exactly what Wall Street did overnight - it partied from the get go, led by the Dow's 1.3% jump. US real GDP increased at annualised 3.5% in the third quarter ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher despite a drop in US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local bourse was supported by stocks that offered good yields, such as the banks, after National Australia Bank ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... The US consumer confidence index has leapt from 89.0 in September to 94.5 in October, giving US equities a solid boost overnight. The positive sentiment had flowed through to the Australian market, CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said. The miners ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
It's a wrap! QE is. Looking at Wall Street's performance overnight - the Dow and the S&P 500 up more than 1.0%, the Nasdaq up nearly 2.0% (rounded) and the Russell 2000 up nearly 3.0% (rounded) - the men and women at the Fed must be patting each other's ...

Better corporate cash management lifts returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... prohibitively expensive. "There are even 'smart safes' available now that read the cash that businesses are holding in overnight safes automatically advising the company's bank," said Simao. This cash can then be aggregated across the business and deployed ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0704 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 17 points points at 5,389. Wall Street stocks rose more than one per cent following ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... has opened lower after a pullback on Wall Street. Mixed earnings reports triggered a broad market retreat in the US overnight, breaking a three-session winning streak. Analysts said the pullback was not surprising given that the S&P 500 had surged 4.2 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... the European Central Bank may buy corporate bonds to tackle slowing inflation rates in the region boosted US markets overnight, CommSec market analyst Juliana Roadley said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.31 per cent, the broad-based S&P 500 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... share market had made strong gains in opening trade as investors snap up cheaper stocks following recent falls. Comments overnight from the Federal Reserve Bank's St Louis president Jamie Bullard suggesting that the US not scale back its asset purchase ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was performing well, considering the lacklustre performance in the US overnight. "We're seeing a continuation of bargain hunting, with that quite strong buying that we saw on our local market on Tuesday," ...