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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... maintained earlier gains after the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England held their key rates, forgoing any new stimulus measures. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies rose by a slight 0.18 per cent to 6,439.16 points on Thursday, while ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... to come down to our level -- 5.4% in January - it'll stop at 6.5%, the Fed's target before it starts unwinding policy stimulus. This brings us to valuation - valuation based on expected earnings. And that precisely is the problem, valuation based on ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... There's also the not so small case of not only the Fed, but many other central banks in the world, unwinding the s-loads of stimulus they've showered us over the past few years. On a more immediate term, it looks like insiders are selling what retail ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... gains as Wall Street set an all-time high for intraday trades after the US Federal Reserve reaffirmed its aggressive stimulus policy. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies jumped 1.36 per cent to close at 6,431.95 points, Frankfurt's DAX rallied 2.32 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... aided by congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who reaffirmed that the Fed's aggressive stimulus program would remain in effect until economic conditions improve. LONDON - European stock markets slumped and the euro has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Bank of Japan governor. "If that happens, it will be seen as a... short-term positive, because he would clearly be a pro-stimulus central bank governor," he said. QBE Insurance shares fell 66 cents, or 5.07 per cent, to $12.37 at 1035 AEDT, after announcing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... the safe haven of a yield play." US stocks closed higher on Friday on renewed confidence that the US Federal Reserve stimulus program will continue. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 119.95 (0.86 per cent) to 14,000.57. In Europe, London's FTSE ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... looks set to open higher following Wall Street's lead which ganied on renewed confidence that the US Federal Reserve stimulus program will continue. At 0800 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,014. No major ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a global sell-off over concern about a possible end to US stimulus measures and as data showed slumping business activity across the eurozone. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures ...

Puke on the punchbowl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... investors weighed minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showing a debate over the risks and benefits of further stimulus action" (Bloomberg). Don't bother looking at other news sources -- they're all playing the same song - that the US Federal ...