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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... projected by analysts. Locally, in economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its statement on monetary policy. In equities news, Echo Entertainment, Commonwealth Bank, Hills Holdings and Ardent Leisure have annual general meetings ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... with the RBA interest rate announcement - should the odds in their favour go. Odds-on are for the RBA to stay (on monetary policy) and Fioreno to win (the Cup). On the surface, the RBA looks an easier bet - either it lowers interest rates or it doesn't ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... stock markets rose and the euro gained against the US dollar as traders await key US economic data and European monetary policy updates due later in the week. Shares in HSBC were among the biggest risers in London as strong quarterly earnings at Europe's ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... bourse soared to its biggest one-day gain in two weeks to near five-year highs yesterday. Hip, hip. We've got easy monetary policy here too you know. Record low interest rates - official cash rate at 2.5% -- that's boosting share and property prices. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... rose, with the S&P 500 striking a new record on strong corporate earnings and expectations of continued loose monetary policy when the Federal Reserve meets next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61.07 (0.39 per cent) on Friday to 15,570.28. ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... August figure to 41,600. If this positive trend in the labour market persists, the BOE could be forced to tighten monetary policy settings earlier than the three years it suggested in previous guidance announcements. More so because inflation remains ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... European Central Bank is too. In his Q&A session -- after the ECB Governing Council met and decided not to change monetary policy settings - president Mario Draghi commented that, "...the US budget shutdown is a risk, if it is protracted. At the present ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
... 5,241.7. NEW YORK - US stocks mostly gained, helped by news that Larry Summers, perceived as in favour of tighter monetary policy, pulled out of the race to lead the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both gained, but large ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... 5,241.7. NEW YORK - US stocks mostly gained, helped by news that Larry Summers, perceived as in favour of tighter monetary policy, pulled out of the race to lead the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both gained, but large ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... expect a Fed that will err on the side of caution and not damaging economic growth rates as they start to withdraw monetary policy," he said. The S&P/ASX200 index rose to 5,266 points soon after the open, a level not seen since before the collapse of ...