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Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... and we believe the bubble can continue for some time, but markets are vulnerable. There either needs to be additional stimulus or signs of earnings growth to inflate global share prices," he said. "There are not many asset classes that we are 'heavy' ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Disappointing US economic data pushed Wall Street higher on hopes the US central bank will continue with its economic stimulus program. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 4,961. In local economic news ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... closed lower amid concerns about global economic growth and the US Federal Reserve's plans for unwinding its aggressive stimulus program. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 106.59 points, or 0.69 per cent, to 15,302.80. The broad-based S&P 500 gave ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

Super funds need low volatility shares for pension portfolios

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... capital stability becomes an important consideration." The collapse of yields in the bond market as a result of global stimulus measures has placed greater emphasis on the income properties of dividend paying stocks as investors have struggled in their ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Jordan over the weekend, Joseph Stigliz - yes, him, the Nobel prize wining economist - declared that QE is "the only stimulus" and that, "Clearly the economy is not back to normal, and to accept this as the new normal would be really wrong". There's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... per cent with Tokyo shares plunging owing to weak Chinese data and signs the US Federal Reserve may soon taper massive stimulus measures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 2.10 per cent to 6,696.79 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... retreated. Although Bernanke stressed that current economic conditions did not warrant an end to the Fed's aggressive stimulus measures, he also said the Fed could pull back in the next few meetings if they improved. The indices took a decisive downward ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... some day time will come when the Fed would need to taper, then stop, then finally reverse its non-conventional policy stimulus measure. That time is not yet.

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... major currencies because the economy is gaining momentum that is prompting speculation that the Fed would begin tapering stimulus as early as next month. Since the start of the year, the US dollar has strengthened by 15.7% against the yen, 6.5% against ...