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All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... (RBA) lowered its growth outlook for this year? And we have it in black and white. In its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy (released on 7 February), the RBA declared that: "GDP growth is expected to be below trend at around 2A1/2 per cent over ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... today, they care about six to 12 months," Mr Russell said. The Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly statement on monetary policy is not expected to move the market unless it signals a policy change to the lower interest rate environment. National turnover ...

Any reason will do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... central bank meetings overnight -- the European Central Bank and the Bank of England debated their respective monetary policy settings - but nothing changed. It was same old, same old. So you could imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to be ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... policies. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, Newcrest Mining is expected to post first-half results. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed ...

Future Fund returns 12.8% for 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... are resolved. Burgess also questioned whether the returns would be possible "upon an eventual normalisation of monetary policy." While markets still offer reasonable prospects of long-term returns, the Future Fund thinks that it is important to maintain ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... showed the US economy unexpectedly shrank in the last quarter of 2012, and the Federal Reserve maintained its loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 44.77 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 13,909.65. The S&P 500-stock index shed 5.95 ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... showed the economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter last year and the Federal Reserve maintained its loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 44.77 points (0.32 per cent) to 13,909.65. The S&P 500-stock index shed 5.95 ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Financial markets were on wait mode overnight - waiting for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. And they had fun while waiting, for most souls expect the US central bank to continue what it's been since last September - bribing the bears into hibernation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... performance on Wall Street ahead of consumer confidence and housing data and in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0644 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,855. In economic ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... different growth," said UBS chief economist Haslem who was optimistic that the Reserve Bank had finished easing monetary policy but added that the non-mining sector was still showing little signs of creating jobs in the face of weak cash flow. "We're ...