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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... its remaining stake in the company by the end of the year. LONDON - European shares remained steady after the Federal Reserve said it was considering tapering its stimulus in the coming months, while the mining sector was hit by poor global manufacturing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Australian shares are weaker as investors overlook the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's last meeting and focus on profit taking. The minutes of the Fed's late October policy committee meeting suggests the US cental bank could scale back its stimulus ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Ordinaries index shed 43.2 points, or 0.81 per cent, to 5,304.6. NEW YORK - US stocks fell after minutes from the last Federal Reserve policy meeting said the central bank could scale back its stimulus program "in coming months". At the closing bell ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... Australian share market is trading lower as profit-taking continues and investors react negatively to a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. In a speech to the National Economists Club in the US, Dr Bernanke said the US economy remained ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... seeing rip-roaring inflation. Again, we already heard this from Janet: "...inflation has been running below the Federal Reserve's goal of 2% and is expected to continue to do so for some time." Corporate profitability. Read that as higher corporate profits ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... central banks dominate. We'll be given an intimate look at the debates and discussions on monetary policy at the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the Bank of England (BOE) and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when these central banks released the minutes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets after Federal Reserve chief nominee Janet Yellen bolstered expectations of the Fed keeping the flow of easy money. At 0752 AEDT on Monday, the December share price ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... lot like a happy Thanksgiving and a very merry Christmas, don't you think so Virginia? You, I and Irene have US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Janet Yellen to thank for these. The Dow and the S&P 500 indexes may have only advanced a bit - 0.3% and 0.5% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat after international markets rose amid optimism prospective Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen will continue economic stimulus measures. At 0900 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... the US economic stimulus program will run into next year. Janet Yellen, nominated to take over as head of the Federal Reserve, overnight said the US economy was running "far short" of its potential, which traders have taken as a sign that the money printing ...