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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... in mid-2015. Brent Schutte, market strategist at BMO Global Asset, said stocks accelerated their gains after the FOMC minutes did not imply a faster time-table to raising rates. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose as traders digested central bank ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Minute to win it!... or rather the minutes of the Fed's 18-19 March FOMC meeting win it for Wall Street. The S&P 500 and the Dow jumped by 1.1% and yesterday's hated Nasdaq is now loved again, up 1.7%. But this was - more or less - how we saw it when ...

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

The madness of crowds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... the US Federal Reserve's last meeting said. The minutes showed that "a few" members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) "suggested that it might soon be time to slow somewhat the pace" of asset purchases, while others urged patience. Locally ...

FOMC - Fed Outs Market Confusion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... but I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what I meant"? For putting the minutes of the 18-19 June FOMC minutes and the gospel according to Ben together, their message didn't really depart so much from Ben Bernanke's statement on the 19th ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
After all the build up, the anticipation and the suspense, Wall Street had only a minute reaction to the FOMC minutes. The Dow was down a little and the S&P 500 up a bit for there was hardly anything new to inspire that animal spirit in you, I and Irene ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... implement its first reduction in stimulus? For answers we'll have to wait for later this week to get a glimpse of what the FOMC thinks. For Sino-centric Australia, we'll have to wait for that barrage of China stats coming our way this week too. Only ...

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... explicit that their respective monetary policies would remain stimulative for a while longer. The minutes of the 18-19 June FOMC meeting could produce another bout of financial market volatility when it's released later this week (10 July) - depending ...