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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... mixed as investors mulled a weaker-than-anticipated survey on job losses and a cautiously optimistic tone from the Federal Reserve Beige Book. Market action came after a survey by payrolls firm ADP showed a loss of 169,000 private sector jobs in November ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... the huge rally since March of some 60 per cent for the broad market has been the result of easy money from the Federal Reserve's near-zero interest rates. This, according to some analysts has ignited a massive "carry trade" in which investors borrow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... 3813.79 points. TOKYO - Asian markets rallied on better-than-expected US retail sales released Tuesday and the Federal Reserve's Ben Bernanke comments that the world's biggest economy was likely out of recession. In Japan, dealers also focused on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... outlook for the US economy has become "cautiously positive" with conditions stabilising from the deep recession, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book report on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 49.88 points, 0.53 per cent, to 9547.22. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... 1.97 per cent, to 3524.39. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average edged back towards a 10-month high on relief after the Federal Reserve suggested the US economy is through the worst of the recession, with economy-sensitive exporters such as Advantest Corp leading ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... Treasuries. And if these still don't make you want to run to catch the boat, there's the Fed's closing gospel, "the Federal Reserve will employ all available tools to promote economic recovery and to preserve price stability."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after US stocks rose after the Federal Reserve said the economy was stabilising. Higher precious metals and oil prices are expected to lift the local bourse, too. At 0715 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... to 4334.4 points. NEW YORK - US stocks skidded on Tuesday for the second day running as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's latest decision on monetary policy and guidance on the outlook for recovery from the recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Danger signs ahead but bargain stocks a-plenty: Faber

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... Asia. Visiting Australia as a guest presenter for Treasury Asia Asset Management (TAAM), Dr. Faber said that the Federal Reserve's policy in the past decade only added to the market volatility. By keeping rates artificially low and pumping money into ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... worried about exit strategies. That is, recalling the trillions of American dollars that the US Government and the Federal Reserve have flooded the system. Then Wall Street fell into self-doubt. The mood changed, we are not ok. More money is needed. ...