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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Murail, a trader at Barclays Bourse in Paris. The logic is that "when the euro falls, the stock markets rise" as the weaker currency is likely to boost export sales of eurozone companies. HONG KONG - Asian markets gained ground on Monday after a long ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... accounts linked to risk management logic and not misconduct". "The Australian Dollar being ranked the fourth most traded currency pair traded by turnover must be seen to be fair, orderly and transparent," said ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour. "ASIC has ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... annualised 7.2% over the quarter and imports increasing by 1.8% (precisely the sort of numbers you'd expect from a strong currency). The weather is certainly transitory - it's seasonal (yeah, yeah bad joke) - crude oil prices could be (and they're starting ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... banks," he said. "It seems the market is not expecting a May rate cut. It may be pushed back to June or July." He said currency fluctuations were battering healthcare stocks with the sector leading the losses. The Australian dollar has jumped above the ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... the same time as the greenback hit its highs in March. Now, not only are speculations of delayed Fed action bumping our currency, commodity prices - in particular, iron ore and crude oil -- also appear to be turning (though this isn't a bad thing). Iron ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Supervisory Agency that would centralise the regulatory functions of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and prudential supervisory functions currently performed by the Securities ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... and increase the monetary base "at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen". Gauging by the recent performance of the currency and stock markets, it certainly has no reason to countenance an adjustment at this time. The yen has depreciated sharply from ...

Overseas investors flocking to Australian bonds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... to credit bonds. There are parts of the credit complex that add value. We quite like parts of the emerging market hard currency debt complex, particularly some of the oil importers, or some of those places that get a boon from the fact that the oil prices ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... States. That would probably occur alongside an appreciating US dollar. So the distribution of credit risk and foreign currency risk will be of considerable importance. One can easily see why investors could become less forgiving of borrowers on a shaky ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Australia's terms of trade and negative implications for economic growth (and therefore, employment) -- we need a weaker currency for sure and for certain. This suggests that the RBA is still in play. Fortunately for us, for Gov Glenn and his bunch of ...