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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... were mixed following a soft lead from Wall Street, while Tokyo tacked on another huge set of gains after last week's surprise monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Tokyo, which surged more than four per cent at the open, ended 2.73 per cent higher, adding ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street gained more than one per cent following the Bank of Japan's surprise stimulus announcement ignited a rally on global stock exchanges. At 0818 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... that the likelihood of inflation running persistently below 2 percent has diminished somewhat since early this year." Surprise of surprises! As if the Fed would maintain the "significant underutilization of labour resources" it printed last month and ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... doing its rendition of Frankie ol' blue eyes Sinatra's ol' time classic. Barring a very nasty - just nasty won't cut it - surprise, the Fed will be announcing the end of QE in three days time. Wall Street's surged last week says it will be so. The VIX ...

Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... that would re-rattle market nerves. Still, a number, a word, a phrase or a sentence on page 4 could bring an unwelcome surprise.

AustSuper premium hike sees surprise member response

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
AustralianSuper's decision to significantly increase life premiums has had the surprise effect of triggering more members to dial up their cover. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Insurance Symposium, AustralianSuper product ...

Janus plays first hand in ETF game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Janus Capital, the fund manager which snapped up 'bond king' Bill Gross following his surprise departure from PIMCO, has joined the active ETF game with its acquisition of a Connecticut-based provider. Launched in 2009, VelocityShares manufactures institutionally-focused ...

LMCI: a new indicator is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... At least that's what the blogeratti had been feeding us oh, for the best part of six months (at least). So imagine my surprise, surprise when Wall Street jumped instead of slumped when mother told us the good news. Perhaps it's because despite the good ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... like I had seen in the books, with koalas and kangaroos everywhere. Adelaide seemed like any normal city, but it did surprise me how liberal the Australian context was, coming from a country where it was very clear what you could and couldn't do." Shortly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... $US1.2631 late on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Japan's Nikkei giving up earlier gains despite a surprise pick-up in business confidence and the US dollar's breaching of the 110 yen level for the first time since 2008. The US dollar ...