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Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... too big to fail and too big to bail (out). The Financial Times Deutschland reported that most other governments in the eurozone and the European Central Bank are already pressuring Portugal to accept a bailout - much like a sacrificial lamb to save Spain. ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... logical rationales for the Treasury markets' negative reaction - more so, now that Greece and Ireland (perhaps, the entire Eurozone) and their deficits are back at the forefront. But it is equally rational that the rebound in bond yields is due to selling ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... economies' twisting and shouting. They ran back to the US dollar because they found another reason to worry about. The eurozone and its sovereign debt crisis: that's what it is. Yes, ladies and gents, investors sought safe haven in the US dollar (bring ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... success of our placement," said Rauscher in a statement. The firm's team diversity, quality of current investments and a Eurozone focus, coupled with independent governance, played major roles in the fund raising success, he said. The fund is a ten-year ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... Europe have their crosshairs trained on China and its undervalued currency. Japan's snipers are aimed at America and the Eurozone as it tries to take down the yen against the US dollar and the euro. Emerging nations are engaging in guerrilla tactics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... leads overnight, as investors in Europe and on Wall Street tried to balance better than expected US economic data against eurozone debt fears. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0800 AEST, the December share price index futures contract was 11 points ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... per cent gain in the S&P 500 or even the stronger 3.4 per cent increase in the FTSE-100 index. Equity markets in the Eurozone and Japan are still in the red. The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week has given gold ...

Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... undoubtedly good but could still be spun negatively. Maybe we'll juts leave it as good. Bad news out of Europe. Seems like the Eurozone's fiscal balancing act is starting to bite. The region's manufacturing PMI fell to 53.6 in September from 55.1 in ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... time! Not with the latest inflation number - at 3.5 per cent - coming in on par with market expectations. Who said the Eurozone is slowing? The European Commission now expects Eurozone to grow by 1.7 per cent this year - almost double the 0.9 per cent ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... positively. Following yesterday's good news on US and Chinese manufacturing activity, reports out last night revealed that the Eurozone economy grew stronger than originally measured. Eurostat revised its initial estimate of euro area real GDP growth ...