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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... yen. Wall Street again provided a healthy cue, with investors betting the Fed will stop short of reeling in its "quantitative easing" (QE) bond-buying program. Tokyo added 1.83 per cent, or 237.94 points, to 13,245.22. But Seoul lost 0.65 per cent, or ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The tapering of quantitative easing (QE) will burst the bubble in high-yielding 'zombie' stocks, according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of RBA minutes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... themselves for news this week on whether the US Federal Reserve will pare its third round of bond buying, known as quantitative easing. Meanwhile, Elders' shares have dived 10 per cent, or 0.9 cents, to 8.1 cents, after emerging from a trading halt with ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... right, and there is no need to fear a 1994-style crash in bonds, according to Fidelity Worldwide Investment head of quantitative research David Buckle. Global bonds and equity markets have shown signs of stress following Federal Reserve chairman Ben ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of US Fed meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... in negative territory. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said speculation about the American central bank's quantitative easing policy, ahead of its meeting this week, was causing the Australian market to follow Wall Street's weak lead. "That's ...

Fracking shock in store for US

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... sell-off in recent weeks as global equity investors consider the impact of a possible Federal Reserve pull back from quantitative easing. However, Beazley, who's business is focused principally in the Japanese market and has no US-focused portfolios ...

Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... market analyst Stan Shamu said the deterioration in confidence had continued due to volatility in Japan and ongoing quantitative easing in the US. "Investor confidence has been rattled," Mr Shamu said. "There's been more blanket selling. There's been ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... officials of the Federal Reserve kept speculation alive over the timing for the central bank to begin slowing its quantitative-easing bond purchases, though most stressed the need for a clearer trend in the data for US growth. The trade figures for April ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... There is only some evidence that investors are adding risk. People will only want risk assets until the punch bowl of Quantitative Easing is removed. "A scale back in the Federal Reserve's support could be as early as spring this year, not autumn next ...

Gold as an "insurance" against inflation: Lazard

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
Gold can be a good "insurance policy" against inflation as global central banks are following a policy of quantitative easing (QE) that could devalue the money, according to Lazard. Lazard portfolio manager of Global Thematic Equity Nicholas Bratt expressed ...