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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... economies of other countries in Europe. On Wall Street in the US overnight stocks bounced back from the previous day's Federal Reserve-sparked losses as investors were encouraged by favourable US economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lifted ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... next. Financial reports now talk of investors re-assessing their thinking of what they thought they understood US Federal Reserve Chair (in this politically correct age) Janet Yellen wants them to understand. If only they followed Janet's advice and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... increased 0.5 per cent following a slight 0.1 per cent rise in January and a 0.1 per cent decline in December. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. The ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The share market is trading lower after the United States Federal Reserve flagged an interest rate rise in 2015. A remark from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated the rough timeframe for an interest rate hike, which was sooner than investors ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... he said. "The US Fed meeting tonight sees the market positioned for a downgrade of economic projections." The Federal Reserve's two day monetary policy meeting is not expected to result in any change to its program for tapering stimulus measures. In ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... open higher as investors shrug off Russia's move to formally absorb Crimea and begin turning attention to a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,364. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... said stronger than expected US data also added to the negative tone on markets, by increasing expectations the US Federal Reserve will speed up the tapering of its stimulus program. "We've got a triple whammy," he said. But Mr McCarthy siad the market ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... eurozone, among others. The positive correlation between the uptrend in the S&P 500 index and growth in the US Federal Reserve's total asset holdings since 2009 settles the debate on whether or not its quantitative easing programme worked or not. Maybe ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... inflows. BlackRock Indexed International Equity also garnered a sizeable inflow of about $430 million. The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it would taper its quantitative easing program triggered an exodus from bond funds of more than $2.3 billion. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Street rallied as investors responded to encouraging results from several retailers and analysed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. At 0820 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 5,420. Yellen ...