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She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... day. Help from news out of the Eurozone that... wait for it... there is another plan in the works. I just hope that the Europeans have by now learnt their lesson and this time deliver something - anything - to keep that boulder from rolling back down ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... - you know, him who was punished to repeatedly roll a boulder up a mountain and see it roll back down. Only for the Europeans, each time the boulder comes back down it snowballs. Last night, it was the Bank of England's turn to play "bearer of bad news" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 2 AAP - The Australian dollar is sharply lower as news of a Greek referendum to decide whether to accept a second Eurozone bailout package sent jitters through markets. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 103.25 ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
"Betcha by golly wow You're the one that I've been waiting for..." -Stylistics Hear ye, hear ye, the Europeans have reached an accord - and financial markets liked the sound of that. Major European equity indices soared between 2.9% (FTSE-100) and 6.3 ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... Italy from asking for the same debt reduction? They'll ask to have what Greece was given. The problem is the longer the Europeans take to implement a credible solution, the messier the whole thing becomes and the further down the drain the problem euro-area ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... let me be clear, only in times of crisis. I'm willing to bet my right eyeball that deep in their heart of hearts, some Europeans out there must be wishing the same thing - at least, until the crisis is checked. But back to China - it's latest GDP growth ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... already been leaked over the weekend. But the Germans are just being realistic. That's the positive spin. While the Europeans may have already stumbled upon a cure - no one, not even my dog - expects all the aches and pains to go away with one dose. ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... misunderstanding that there is a huge amount of pressure on them to deliver a solution." Somehow I think that to say that the Europeans are under a "huge amount of pressure" is an understatement. It's now boiling over to Main Street. The "Occupy Wall ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche of details about the Europeans' plans for the debt crisis were released overnight. By 1200 AEDT, both major local indices had moved higher, with the benchmark ...