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He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... add an iota to US economic growth or deduct another iota from Uncle Sam's debts? Can it reduce the strain on Europe's sovereign debts or China's rising inflation? Can it solve Japan's nuclear disaster? Can it vanquish Qaddafi? Can it stop the protests ...

May go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... inflation, PIMCO's announcement of its divestment of its US government bond holdings, and more recently, Standard & Poors' US sovereign credit rating downgrade warning. Does the bond market know something equity and commodity markets don't? Recent history ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... held up against the yen after Wednesday's announcement by Standard & Poor's that it had lowered its outlook on Japan's sovereign debt. Tokyo rose 1.63 per cent, or 157.90 points, to end at 9,849.74, and Seoul was flat, ending up 1.65 points at 2,208.35. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... losses. Investors, who went into sell-off mode Tuesday after Standard & Poor's lowered its outlook on United States sovereign debt, took heart from strong earnings from US giants such as Intel and IBM. Tokyo rose 1.76 per cent, or 165.79 points, to 9,606.82 ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... everywhere, let's give three cheers to Standard & Poor's. Hip, hip... Fright over Standard & Poor's warning on America's sovereign credit rating vanished just as quickly as it appeared. Now that the credit rater has had its five-minute of sunshine it's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... share market closed sharply lower as investors fretted over Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgrade on its outlook for US sovereign debt. Stocks fell across the board. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 68.6 points, or 1.41 per cent, to 4,793.3, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... on news overnight (AEST) that Standard & Poor's Ratings Service had lowered its long-term outlook for United States' sovereign debt to "Negative" from "Stable", due to risks from the country's deficit. "People are trying to come up with a judgement on ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... The S&P 500 was down 8.2 per cent in the month of May of 2010. Now that was big time! And that was when the European sovereign debt crisis was doing its rounds in the financial markets and spooking the bejeesus out of you, me and Irene. Last night's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... 14.54 points (1.1 per cent) to 1,305.14. Shortly before the market open, Standard & Poor's revised its outlook on US sovereign debt to "negative" from "stable" -- the first ever challenge to Washington's top-line AAA grading. Voicing strong doubts over ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... management firm Marvin & Palmer Associates, said he is extremely bullish on US stocks as the severe recession and looming sovereign debt crisis meant the market was changing its rules for the better. "People never change because they should be more prudent," ...