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More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... market for international trade. These are the very same reasons behind yesterday's interest rate reductions by the central banks of Brazil and South Korea. The Banco Central do Brazil cut the Selic rate by 25bps to 7.5% -- the lowest since December 1997 ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... our glorious southern star; We've risen to "high renown and shine" that, according to the RBA, 15 of the world's central banks have included/increased the Australian dollar in their reserves of foreign exchange reserves - including the National Bank ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. But not India. Its stock market has outperformed since the first of the major central banks' QE announcement - big time. The Sensex 30 index is up a full 9% to date. This is despite the Asian Development ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... London Bullion Market, down from $US1,784.50. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell as the recent rally fuelled by central banks' stimulus plans petered out, while there were fears over Greece's ability to meet requirements to get more bailout cash. ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... points. HONG KONG - Asian markets have risen, rebounding from the previous day's losses, as stimulus moves by the central banks of the United States, Europe and Japan outweighed another round of weak economic data. Shares looked set for a positive end ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now ...

New hedge fund rules for post-GFC environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... financial markets. The extent of this role and how it will interact with the mandates of banking supervisors and central banks is still being worked through, but we can be confident it will include monitoring systemic risks posed by funds - including ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... gorged themselves on the prospect of unlimited free cash from the Federal Reserve over the coming months as well as central banks around the world," said Michael Hewson, Senior Market Analyst at CMC Markets UK. The euro jumped to $US1.3137, after hitting ...

Defensive investors may have traded risks

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... director, Professional Wealth. "When people jump from growth to defensive, they place their savings in the hands of central banks," he said. Turek said many investors, if not careful, can actually simply be swapping risks. Instead Turek recommends a ...