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| | | The S&P 500 index closed at 2896.74 points at the end of last night's trading activity on Wall Street. Yes, Virginia, it's a new record high! Yippee-kay-yay and hallelujah! This is good for stock markets around the world, including Australia. ... |
| | | | Emerging markets had been rallying even before 2017 turned into 2018, outperforming developed markets - 27.8% versus 16.3% - at the end of last year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate ... |
| | | | ... plentiful and easier to get these days than in the last boom years before the global financial crisis.... and recall ex-Fed Chair Yellen's focus on the labour market under-utilisation in years gone by, the U-6 unemployment rate - which the Bureau ... |
| | | | We're all much aware of the US Federal Reserve's optimistic outlook for America's economic growth, unemployment and inflation and that, as per the 13 June FOMC statement, the risks to this outlook "appear roughly balanced." However, the ... |
| | | | Most equity market investors are concerned but not yet alarmed at Trump's protectionist policies. This could be because the financial media is calling it a trade dispute, a trade spat and not a trade war (or is it because of the markets' relatively ... |
| | | | When Fed chief Jerome Powell tried to explain the US yield curve's flattening as a function of rising short rates because of the rate hikes (and expectations for more) and a smaller lift in the long-term yields because of safe-haven buying, I questioned ... |
| | | | Given the US equity market's reaction to the latest US Federal Reserve missive, one would think that Wall Street is against strong(er) growth. All major benchmark indices - DJIA, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 - closed lower after the Fed announced ... |
| | | | "Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ... |
| | | | ... President Donald Trump's nomination of Jerome Powell. If (when?) approved by the US Senate Powell will replace sitting Fed Chair Janet Yellen on 3 February next year, which is expected to provide continuity to the Fed's current softly, softly approach ... |
| | | | ... its balance sheet unwind in September. Certainly, the Fed continues to grapple with persistent low inflation. But as Fed Chair Janet Yellen explains in several of her outings, this is transitory and "reflects the influence of unexpected movements in ... |
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