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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... has started the week on the backfoot as cautious investors sit on the sidelines in the lead up to this week's US Federal Reserve meeting. The market has started more than 0.6 per cent lower, with IG market strategist Stan Shamu attributing the slide ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... meeting. Speculations leading up to this, and interpretations, dissections - and more speculations - of the US Federal Reserve's true message after it announces its monetary policy decision on 18 March will take centre stage this week. Yes Virginia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... 5,816.0. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have snapped a two-day losing streak, surging after big US banks cleared Federal Reserve stress tests and the dollar retreated from a 12-year high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 259.83 points (1.47 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... euro two days after the European Central Bank launched a massive government bond-buying stimulus program. The Federal Reserve, meanwhile, is winding down its extraordinary stimulus. Some analysts have expressed worry at the speed of the dollar's ascent ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... sex for mirror, mirror on the wall, the greenback is the fairest of 'em all. Latest available data from the US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis show the "Trade Weighted U.S. Dollar Index: Major Currencies" at 91.57 as at 6 February. This is the best ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... rates weighed on Wall Street. Strong jobs growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. The US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5.5%, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... open markedly lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 64 points at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... policy isn't going to tighten any time soon and equities can continue to climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen also hinted in testimony to US lawmakers this week the central bank was in no hurry to raise interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... nudged higher to $US1.1360 from $US1.1342 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mixed after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen dampened speculation of a rate hike before summer, and as eurozone finance ministers backed Greek reforms ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... market has opened flat despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates. CommSec chief economist Craig James says there were impressive international lead-ins ...