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Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street showed a mixed performance and European stocks slid amid cautious trading on the eve of the US presidential election. At 0635 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
Huh? Halloween already? It certainly felt that way last week, didn't it? It was the week when the spooks went out a-haunting. The Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were out like a three-headed monster, singing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing last week's positive theme after the Federal Reserve announced fresh measures to stimulate the US economy. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
Australian stocks have opened more than one per cent higher after the US Federal Reserve's announced stimulus measures led to shares soaring on Wall Street. At 1019 AEST on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 47.1 points, or 1.09 per cent ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
While markets have reacted positively, there is a chance that the United States Federal Reserve has gone too far, Michael Power, Investec Asset Management strategist, told Financial Standard this morning. Despite Ben Bernanke saying that he will do ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open around three-quarters of a per cent higher after the US Federal Reserve announced fresh measures to stimulate the country's sluggish economy. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street on Friday closed up on hopes disappointing US jobs data will lead to Federal Reserve economic stimulus measures. At 0740 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
"We have just taken a very important decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario ...