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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... and materials stocks (up 2.22 per cent). Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan the prospect of the US Federal Reserve announcing a further round of economic stimulus later this week, on top of similar measures already unveiled by the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... looks set to open higher, after Wall Street on Friday closed up on hopes disappointing US jobs data will lead to Federal Reserve economic stimulus measures. At 0740 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 18 points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... Bank) meeting, non-farm payrolls (in the US), the constitutional court ruling in Germany next week, the FOMC (US Federal Reserve's policy making body the Federal Open Market Committee) meeting that investors, particularly large institutional investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... out of China added to expectations of more stimulus measures in the United States following strong hints from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke on Friday. Hong Kong on Monday added 0.39 per cent, or 76.64 points, to 19,559.21 and Shanghai ended 0.57 ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... not what I meant." - Robert McCloskey By now you would have read the various and myriad of interpretations to US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke' elocution at Jackson Hole. So far so good. Gauging from the financial markets' reaction - equity markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher after a positive close on Wall Street on Friday following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's speech at an international conference of global central bankers. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... gain." Wall Street closed lower during the overnight offshore session, as investors waited for a speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke at a gathering of world central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming over the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... dropped due to caution ahead of a highly anticipated speech by the head of the US central bank. Expectations that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would announce new economic stimulus on Friday have weakened as the event draws nearer. At 0750 AEST ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... "in light of a forecast of the future performance of the economy." And "there is scope for further action by the Federal Reserve to ease financial conditions and strengthen the recovery." To QE not. The stock markets have not collapsed. Remember our ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... Australian market is set to open slightly lower as investors remain timid ahead of a highly anticipated speech from US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke at the end of the week. World markets were mixed overnight, posting either slight gains or modest ...