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QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... jumped by 0.8% versus the euro and by 0.7% against the yen. Hardly surprising given the relativities of the US Federal Reserve no longer printing fresh mints at the same time that the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to roll out its money printing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would end its asset-buying program. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,431. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... performances on Wall Street as US company quarterly results began flowing in and investors awaited a key meeting of the Federal Reserve. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 26 points at 5,474. Locally, no ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... finished little changed as the market absorbed losses in petroleum stocks while looking ahead to a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday rose 12.53 points (0.07 per cent) to 16,817.94. The broad-based ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... 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 stimulus program at the end ...

QE forever and ever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... feline hasn't drop far enough (and so the small teenie weenie bounce)? Nah, it wasn't that. It was what A St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said around lunchtime that sent the S&P into positive territory... around lunchtime. "We ...

Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Talk about being careful... for they might come true. 'Twas not so long ago that Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) and the IMF worried about complacency in the financial markets as indicated by low, down on the ground ...

I wish I may, I wish I might

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... me and to the committee". She told us so at her press conference after the June FOMC meeting. Last month, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF) told us that, "the low volatility in asset markets could, in part, reflect market participants' ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates. Steady interest rates have a negative effect on the US dollar and bond yields, and increase the ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... a profound impact on the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment professionals who debated the impact ...