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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 ...

2013 a turning point for world economy: Clime

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... 12 to 18 months as gas production comes on line. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made a more aggressive monetary policy a priority, trying to revive the world's third largest economy from its double decade economic woes. Turning to Australia ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... attractive for the foreseeable future: global risk aversion, a lack of other safe haven assets and ongoing loose monetary policy in major developed markets. "The flow of money into the bond market is not being fuelled by greed, as is the case in a classic ...

High rates saving Australia's economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... rates were crashdived to near to zero wasn't just about inflation control at the time but building an arsenal of monetary policy firepower. And it's worked because now when the RBA needs to lower rates to stimulate the economy, it can because even though ...

Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... mean the next upswing will be more sustainable," he said. "The Federal Reserve has committed to maintaining loose monetary policy long into the upturn, even if this causes inflation to overshoot their target." At a broader level, the asset allocation ...