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What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... occur, could be abrupt. What might trigger such an event? The usual trigger people have in mind is a rise in US interest rates. The US economy now looks strong enough for the Federal Reserve to consider increasing its policy rate later in the year. In ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Street. The US market rallied overnight on shockingly low retail sales data, which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed its best gains in almost a month on Thursday after a fall in the unemployment rate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... higher after Wall Street lifted following disappointing retail sales figures which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. At 0803 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,859. In local economic ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is trading lower, after increased prospects of a hike in US interest rates weighed on Wall Street. Strong jobs growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... there was some positive data and company results in Europe on Thursday to push up the markets "... it's the fact US interest rates aren't going anywhere fast that really counted," said TrustNet analyst Tony Cross. "Today's news of negative inflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... bourse. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 both surged to record highs after Yellen pledged a cautious approach to raising US interest rates. "US share markets have key indexes at record highs, as well as in the UK and Germany," James said. "And the situation ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... towards Greece to the Fed? Surely what the Fed does matters... a lot. Being the global benchmark, what happens to US interest rates matters not only to America's domestic economy but to the rest of the world - in terms of economic growth; capital flows ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... also tumbled to $US1.2440 in Asian deals, touching the lowest level since August 2012 on expectations of rising US interest rates. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gave up 0.89 per cent to end Monday at 6,487.97 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 fell ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... momentum in equity prices," chief global strategist and head of the committee John F. Vail said. "Even rising US interest rates are consensus now, so although there may be volatility as such crystallises, it may be no more problematic than the nearly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... mixed, with many indexes reversing early gains as initial cheer from a Wall Street rally was replaced by concerns US interest rates could rise sooner than expected. Another batch of strong data out of Washington also lit a fire under the US dollar, which ...