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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The share market is flat after Westpac's cash profit rise and supermarket giant Woolworths's sales figures failed to excite investors.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after Wall Street gained more than one per cent following the Bank of Japan's surprise stimulus announcement ignited a rally on global stock exchanges.

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Just as the Fed concluded QE3, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The share market has opened higher after a rise on US markets overnight and market heavyweight ANZ achieved strong profit growth.

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Rightly or wrongly, the disappointment over the election outcome is understandable. Brazil's economy has slowed and is now in recession since Rousseff assumed the presidency in January 2011, inflation has risen and along with it, interest rates.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rallied as data showed faster-than-estimated economic growth, fuelling speculation the economy is strong enough to withstand higher interest rates.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher despite a drop in US markets overnight.

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
Perhaps the death of QE3 has not completely sunk in yet. It took several days after QE1 and QE2 died before it sank in... and took the markets with it.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would end its asset-buying program.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened higher after Wall Street rose on upbeat US consumer confidence.