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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... tech-heavy Nasdaq added 13.10 (0.45 per cent) at 2,910.04. Stocks reversed earlier losses as investors hoped for more monetary policy easing to boost economic growth. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed narrowly mixed, giving up modest early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... tech-heavy Nasdaq added 13.10 (0.45 per cent) at 2,910.04. Stocks reversed earlier losses as investors hoped for more monetary policy easing to boost economic growth. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed narrowly mixed, giving up modest early ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... S&P 500 index would fall to 600 points on 9 March 2009 because "Even if you do everything right with fiscal and monetary policy, we're still going to be in a recession through the end of this year and into next year." The S&P 500 index closed at 676.5 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... stock markets were little changed and the euro slipped against the dollar on Wednesday as investors waited for key monetary policy decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England. Markets expect an ECB rate cut on Thursday along with a decision ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... French and Greek elections, waiting for Greece's election mark 2, waiting on the G-20 summit, waiting on the Fed's monetary policy decision, waiting on the EU Summit - and reacting accordingly. Don't look now - hey, I said don't look - but we'll have ...

Uncle Ben to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... due in January." Yes, more than Europe, America has the "fiscal cliff" to worry about. Given the lag effects of monetary policy, chances are Uncle Ben would be announcing counter measures after the FOMC meeting to try and prevent the smelly stuff from ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... volatility have undoubtedly contributed to this malaise, this slowing is also due to the lagged effects of the severe monetary policy tightening the BRIC's central banks implemented over the past two years to try and contain surging inflation in their ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... IMF? For these we'll have to wait after the conclusion of the G-20 meeting and after the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberation this week.

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... just in case the financial markets get even uglier. But... but, there's a lag in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, today's action will not flow through until at least six months from now. By then, it might be too late. Cut interest rates ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... Wen announced - nay, commanded - that "We should continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and a prudent monetary policy, while giving more priority to maintaining growth." Still, sentiment could as quickly turn with a tweet announcing a reversal ...