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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead which ganied on renewed confidence that the US Federal Reserve stimulus program will continue. At 0800 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... KONG - Asian markets suffered a heavy sell-off following a tumble on Wall Street as traders grow concerned the US Federal Reserve could bring an early end to its huge stimulus program. Minutes from the Fed's most recent policy board meeting showed some ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
The Australian market is weaker as falling commodity prices hit key resources stocks and the US Federal Reserve hints at a possible policy change. At 1022 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 30.9 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 5,067.9 ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... action" (Bloomberg). Don't bother looking at other news sources -- they're all playing the same song - that the US Federal Reserve could, would or should end QE3 earlier than expected. Ahh, that familiar phrase again -- coulda, woulda, shoulda. I don't ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... following a mixed performance on Wall Street ahead of consumer confidence and housing data and in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0644 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... current investor rotation out of defensives and into growth, and punctuated by gathering speculation that the US Federal Reserve could decided to reduce - if not altogether stop - its monthly purchases (US$45 billion in Treasury notes and US$40 billion ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
A major turn in the US Federal Reserve's policy has increased the potential for a catastrophic fall across fixed income markets, a factor which is being largely ignored by the global investment community, according to wealth manager Harris Fraser. At ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open virtually unchanged ahead of a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. At 0641 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,686. No major economic news is ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... this year, the Labor Department reported. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell as investors digested more US Federal Reserve monetary easing and an EU deal to give the European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory powers over the banking sector. Sentiment ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
The Australian market has opened flat after Wall Street fell in response to comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that there was nothing he could do if the US fell off the "fiscal cliff". At 1036 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...