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QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... not the Fed." "I could envision such action would lead to a declining dollar, encourage further speculation, provoke commodity hoarding, accelerate the transfer of wealth from the deliberate saver and the unfortunate, and possibly place at risk the stature ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... deflation and the millions of Americans who are still looking for jobs. Maybe... The US$600 billion QE2 package has lifted commodity prices and is now raising inflation expectations. Well done! And as for jobs, had the Fed waited for the October non-farm ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... negative for the US dollar. "That is positive for our equities because you are pumping into the resources sector via higher commodity prices," he said. The banks were mixed at 1206 AEDT. ANZ was down four cents at $24.05, National Australia Bank was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... nicely during the day. "Most sectors are gaining, but definitely the best gains are coming from the miners," he said. "Commodity prices rose very strongly overnight in the face of the weaker US dollar, and investor appetite is on the rise after the US ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... lend to them at very low interest rates. Try, try, try. Bubble. Seen those asset prices lately? Yes, they've gone up. Commodity prices are up, equity markets are up, bond markets are up. Cheap money (even cheaper now with the dumping of the US dollar) ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... markets? And which asset benefits from the depreciating US dollar? Commodities of course, their prices rise. Rising commodity prices increase the price of our exports. At the same time, the stronger A$ reduces the price of our imports. What do we have? ...

TAAM adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... excellent broad knowledge across the Asia Pacific equity markets, with second-to-none knowledge on the resource and commodity related sectors," said Peter Sartori, the fund's chief investment officer. Sartori said that TAAM's key investment team have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... points higher at 4,664 points. In economics news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its index of commodity prices for October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues House Price Indexes in the Eight Capital Cities for September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by the resources sector after strong commodity prices overnight. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,641.0, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Demystifying the "flash crash"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... dramatically declined and recovered in a matter of minutes. In a recent inquiry into the abnormal market behaviour, the US Commodity Trading and Futures Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concluded that a large algorithmic ...