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ETF Securities, 21Shares introduce market monitor

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
In partnership with European cryptocurrency provider 21Shares, ETF Securities Australia has presented the latest crypto market monitor to provide investors insight and analysis around the recent moves in the crypto market. The monitor suggests that ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... butchering his immortal poem but I find his words fitting - with a few adjustments - during this time when a US interest rate hike would soon come a-visiting. The S&P 500 index maybe off 0.1% overnight but this followed a 1.6% jump the night before. ...

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... world weren't pleased when Fed Chair Janet Yellen maintained the suspense over the timing of the very first US interest rate hike in nine years -- underscored by the S&P 500 index dropping in seven of the following eight trading days and culminating ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... root of all this evil is the rise and rise of the US dollar - prompted, of course, by speculations that a US interest rate hike is coming soon to a theatre near us. The yuan devaluation is borne of this because of its peg to the US dollar. As the greenback ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... HONG KONG - Asian markets have risen following another record close on Wall Street as the likelihood of a US interest rate hike in the near term dwindled, with Tokyo hitting a new 15-year high. Chinese shares were again the stand-out performers on Friday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... commodity prices, CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said. "The market is firming up expectations of a US interest rate hike," he said. "A stronger US dollar is weakening commodity prices which has an impact on a significant sector of our market." ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... while orders for US durable goods rose 2.8 per cent. In Europe stocks pushed higher, as chances of a quick US interest rate hike recede. Locally, the Reserve Bank will release financial aggregates for January on Friday. In company news Woolworths, Harvey ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
If you're a betting man, this is your week. There's a trifecta of events coming your way. The nation will stop tomorrow for the race that stops a nation. Odds-on favourite is for So You Think to pass the finish line in strides. We shall see! But even ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
The almost simultaneous interest rate hikes by six central banks over the past two days drive home the point that rising inflation is a global problem. The move towards tighter monetary policy started with a surprise 175 basis point rate hike by the ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Last night's revision to first quarter US National Accounts provided some good news to financial markets. US real GDP growth in the first quarter was upwardly revised to 5.3 per cent - the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003 -- from the initial ...
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