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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... latest big pharma deal. Pharmacyclics jumped 10.3 per cent. LONDON - The euro has slumped to an 11-year-low against the US dollar and stocks have finished higher after the European Central Bank said it will begin a 1.1 trillion euro ($A1.56 trillion) ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets-live/markets-live-asx-sinks-below-5900-20150305-3rhso.html#ixzz3TTOfh3tA) - the biggest currency loser becomes the winner. The US dollar - up by 5.2% against major currencies in the first two months of 2015 after ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... deflation to the US. While the plunge in crude oil prices remains the biggest contributor, it's also a fact that the strong US dollar is putting downward pressure on US inflation. The latest inflation report shows America is now in deflation based on ...

Australian dividend growth leads Asia Pacific

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... first, the global economic outlook has clouded; secondly, the oil price has collapsed to a six year low and thirdly, the US dollar has surged in value. "Overall, we now expect dividends to grow just 0.8% this year on a headline basis, to $1.176 trill ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... all these stimuli would stimulate demand and stoke inflation some day soon... before it reaches America via the strong US dollar. It's starting to rear its ugly head there now. The differential between the 10-year US Treasury yield and the yield on 10-year ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... implementing the agreement would not be easy. LONDON - European stocks have rallied and the euro has risen against the US dollar, as markets welcomed a ceasefire and aid for Ukraine and held onto hopes for a deal over Greece's bailout. Frankfurt's DAX ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... including hiring -- in the US energy sector due to the drop in oil prices and foreboding over the strong and strengthening US dollar. Total employment up 257,000 in January - more than expectations for a 230,000 gain and the 11th consecutive month of ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... Uncle Sam's garden or... so it seems. "So it seems" because another US stat released overnight shows that the rallying US dollar - the US dollar index is now at its highest level in just over a decade, up by 21.1% in 52 weeks - is taking its toll on ...

Future Fund smashes its performance target in 2014

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
The Future Fund significantly outperformed super funds in 2014 thanks to its heavier weighting to US dollar investments and alternative assets. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio update, the Australian de facto sovereign wealth fund earned ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... However, there will be plenty of opportunities as US stops outsourcing and starts insourcing. "We like real estate, the US dollar and we think the Eurozone will come on its own," he said. The surprise addition to this year's forum is that the third speaker ...