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Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... challenging period as the US Federal Reserve negotiates its withdrawal of quantitative easing and a return to normal monetary policy. "The challenge for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to exit the historically low interest rate environment ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... You know where I'm going with this, don't you Virginia?A Where else but the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy setting.A It decided to hold fire and keep the official cash rate at 2.5% after its Board meeting yesterday. Too soon to cut ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... yeses, no's and maybe's. To be sure, 'NO' is the answer to the congressman's question.A The Fed is not tightening monetary policy.A The Fed statements in June and July were explicit on this: The Committee expects the federal funds rate at 0 to 0.25% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... was up 19 points at 5,020. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, Tabcorp Holdings is expected to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Thursday clawed back ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... main stock markets closed in the green in cautious deals before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy meeting, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of top blue-chip companies ended the session on Wednesday 0.76 per cent higher ...

India's triple dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... never mind 'beggaring the neighbours'. This is the reason why the Bank of Japan (BOJ) embarked on a gargantuan monetary policy stimulus back in April (although the BOJ says it is targeting the economy, not the yen -and the G20 believed it). This is the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... closed mostly flat, except for a solid gain on the Nasdaq, as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 1.38 points higher to 15,520.59. The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.63 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... Street in the US on Monday, stocks fell ahead of a busy week of economic news that includes a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting and a monthly jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed 36.86 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 15,521.97 points. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... cent, to 5027.9. NEW YORK - US stocks fell ahead of a busy week of economic news that includes a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting and the monthly jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up 36.86 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 15,521.97. ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... the uncertainty that these five new faces -- and perhaps, new thoughts and votes - bring to the conduct of US monetary policy. Yes, now you get it. Markets hate uncertainty. Note that the Fed's policy making body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ...