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QE3 will be different

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... factored into risk asset classes and commodities classes, but actually when you inflate commodity classes you inflate the oil price which inflates the gas price, which hurts the households. "So that the criticism of the QE programs has been that they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... full year results. NEW YORK - US stocks scored small gains as investors weighed encouraging housing data and falling crude oil prices that stoked hopes for more growth in the tepid economy. The stock indexes opened mixed but found positive momentum after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... gained 0.4 per cent, while the NASDAQ Composite advanced 0.89 per cent. Futures contract prices for key commodities such as oil, gold and copper also settled firmer in US trade. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,775.30 per fine ounce, up $US1.29 ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... arguing that QE drives greater increases in commodity prices than they do stocks - and higher commodity costs (like food and oil) are a tax on "poor families". And how about the article written by Joseph Stuber, published by Morningstar yesterday. The ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... respective index levels just 6.7% and 4.4% away from the all-time high reached way back on 9 October 2007. Gold and silver and oil rose. So did US Treasuries. All because Big Ben did a Super Mario - not only in the QE sense but also in assuring the world ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... $US40.91 from Friday's local close of $US1,693.89 per ounce. Also, contract prices of key commodities such as gold, copper and oil also rose in US trading. Locally, Rio Tinto rose 4.04 per cent - the most among all stocks on the S&P/ASX20 - or $2.12 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... cents to 52.5 cents after it said its operations in the south of the United States had emerged unscathed from Hurricane Isaac. Oil refiner Caltex descended 30 cents to $15.39 as it raised $550 million from investors to help fund a restructure that includes ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... In equities news, Southern Cross Media, Transfield Services and Worley Parsons are due to post full year results, while ROC Oil is expected to announce first half results. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed firmer, with defensive sectors leading ...

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... no hiding everybody's excitement. Just have a look at Reuters' headlines: S&P recovers from losses, dollar falls after Fed Oil rises on Fed minutes, U.S. inventory drop Gold jumps above $1,650; Fed minutes feed stimulus hopes Copper climbs to one-month ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... finance professionals, also found that of the workers who are prepared to move to a role outside the sector, mining (26%) and oil and gas (10%) were the most popular choices. eFinancialCareers think these results follow a period of industry-wide instability ...