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China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... market. I don't have to remind you that only last week, ECB President Mario Draghi almost said the same thing, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far from having an exit in mind". Soon these "whatever it takes" central bankers will ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Mario is here. Last night, ECB President Mario Draghi left no room for interpretation when he said that, "Our monetary policy remains accommodative... We are far from having an exit in mind" -- just in case the bloggerati put words in his mouth as they ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... dips. The S&P 500 index closed 0.6% on the up last night, encouraged by Uncle Ben's words. In his "Semi-annual "Monetary Policy Report to the Congress before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.", US Federal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... three-year low against the US dollar, while concerns eased that the US Federal Reserve could soon end its loose monetary policy. Investors in Japan cheered reports that the likely next central bank chief was in favour of aggressive monetary easing. Tokyo ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... analyst Stan Shamu said key resources stocks had tumbled after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's most recent monetary policy meeting suggested its quantitative easing may be halted. This, in turn, affected key commodity prices like gold, and caused ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... fell 1.18 per cent, or 133.45 points, to 11,173.83 ahead of the G20 weekend summit where Japan's controversial monetary policy will figure prominently. Hong Kong gained 0.13 per cent, or 31.31 points, to 23,444.56 while Seoul ended flat, edging up 1.57 ...

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 ...