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Five step process for QE3

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
A five step process can help investors ride the US Federal Reserve's latest round of open-ended quantitative easing, said a senior Fidelity Investment head. Even if you are skeptical about the long-term impact of QE3, "it would be a bold call in the ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Uh-oh, I think I made a boo-boo. Two gentle readers wrote to express their disagreement with the musings I wrote on this column yesterday - yes, the one where I said "QE3 will work," just as QE1 and QE2 did. In case you missed it, you can read it here ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... Sydney. In Australia, the market on Friday finished at a four-and-a-half-month high after the Fed announced that under a third round of quantitative easing (QE3), it will buy $US40 billion of mortgage-backed securities a month. At the close of trade ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... he will do all he can, there are not many options left, Power said, after the enactment of the Federal Reserve's latest round of quantative easing, QE3. The United States' central bank will purchase $US40 billion a month in mortgage-backed bonds to drag ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... the euro edged higher, ahead of the end of a US Federal Reserve meeting that dealers increasingly expect will see a new round of stimulus. Regional firms linked to Apple were also range-bound after the US giant unveiled the iPhone 5 in California, with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... further leads to what's happening in Europe and the United States." Market players were mulling over a potential further round of economic stimulus from the US Federal Reserve after a two-day meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee concluded on ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberations. Bloomberg reports that, "The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases tomorrow, according to almost two-thirds of economists in a Bloomberg survey, while also extending the ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... China and a deteriorating Japan are taking their toll on South Korea. South Korea's government yesterday unveiled a new round of fiscal stimulus measures worth around 5.9 trillion won (US$5.2 bil) to prop up its export-dependent economy - a top up from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... 2.22 per cent). Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan the prospect of the US Federal Reserve announcing a further round of economic stimulus later this week, on top of similar measures already unveiled by the European Central Bank (ECB) last ...

Super roundtable supports small business clearing house

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
A Council of Small Businesses of Australia (COSBOA) proposal to better promote the Government's small business super clearing house has received support from the fourth meeting of the Government's industry superannuation roundtable. Around 32,000 businesses ...