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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... HONG KONG - Asian markets fell following another weak lead from Wall Street, while attention returns to the US Federal Reserve's stimulus program as it prepares to release minutes of its latest meeting. Emerging markets took a beating on expectations ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... when the taper will start," he said. "It will cause volatility," he said referring to expectations that the US Federal Reserve could start winding back its $US85 billion-month bond-purchasing program sooner rather then later. Mr Lucas said the local ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... slide on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as disappointing American manufacturing data convinced investors the US Federal Reserve would continue its quantitative easing measures. "A weaker US dollar is generally associated with the fact that perhaps ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... lower following falls on Wall Street after better-than-expected US jobless claims figures stoked fears of early US Federal Reserve stimulus tapering. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 36 points at 5074. ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
... co-founded the group and manages the $3.7 billion Magellan Global Fund, believes the most likely scenario is that the Federal Reserve will successfully manage a gradual recovery by slowly tapering the stimulus and communicating any interest rate hikes ...

Henderson announces record profits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... However, he said the 'great rotation' from bonds to equities had not been as significant as expected. "Despite the US Federal Reserve's intention to slow quantitative easing, we have experienced less of the anticipated Great Rotation from bonds to equities," ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... mixed with London's index of leading shares taking the worst of the beating amid more indications that the US Federal Reserve could soon trim back its bond-buying program. London's FTSE 100 index dropped 1.41 per cent to close at 6,511.21 points, while ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... points, or also 0.11 per cent, to 5,088.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower as more data and comments from Federal Reserve officials pointed to the likely pullback in Fed stimulus in the coming months. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... ended mostly lower on Monday on a fairly quiet day during which some investors fretted about the pullback of the Federal Reserve's aggressive bond-buying program. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 46.23 (0.30 per cent) at ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... $US1.3223 from $US1.3301 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep its stimulus scheme in place, with its view the economy was growing modestly soothing fears over the ...