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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... over currency depreciation after the US central bank signalled it will resume buying government debt to stimulate the American economy. The spot price of gold in Sydney at 1203 AEDT was $US1,376.30 per fine ounce, up $US20.82 from Wednesday's local close ...

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... the sky...it's QE2! Wall Street is abuzz with speculation that the Fed would very, very soon unleashed QE2 - that all-American hero - to rescue America. Hooray! News overnight reported that the US Federal Reserve had already been preparing for this since ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... it's all over cyberspace... the Australian dollar is just a few small ticks away from becoming even stevens with the American dollar. It became such a spectacle that I stayed up until the wee hours of this morning, wanting to be there when the A$1 equals ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... bonds. In company news, National Australia Bank Ltd deputy chief executive Michael Ullmer is scheduled to address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon in Sydney. Telstra chief executive David Thodey to set to speak at an Australia-Israel ...

SSgA hires NYSE exec to join ETF team

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... for NYSE Euronext. Prior to joining NYSE Euronext, Scott served as senior vice president of the ETF marketplace at the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). State Street manages more than $200 billion in SPDR ETF assets worldwide (as of June 30, 2010) and ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... war, that is - with number two. The US House of Congress yesterday voted 348 to 79 passing legislation that would allow American businesses to asked for punitive tariffs imposed on Chinese imports deemed underprice because of the undervalued yuan. Tell ...

Wonderfully wrong September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... points, or 4.53 percentage points. The so-called spread for Portuguese bonds also touched a record 440 basis points." And American consumers are losing confidence. The Conference Board reported that it's consumer confidence index declined to 48.5 in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... will address the National Aviation Press Club. Telstra Corporation chief financial officer John Stanhope will address an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia luncheon. Apache Energy managing director Tom Maher will address an Australian Institute ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... quantitative easing measures. In deciding to ease its quants, certainly the Fed's main objective is to provide more oomph to the American economy and/or make the recovery more durable. This is good news. But wait! Not so fast! More quantitative easing ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...