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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower but oil and metals prices firmer. At 0828 AEDT, the June share price index contract was nine points lower at 4,667 points, on volume ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... Investment Management Co (PIMCO) recently dumping all Treasuries from its portfolio. But a flight to safety in the Treasury bond market resulting from nuclear meltdown at Japan's troubled reactors could counter-act the effect of expected Japanese government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note edged down to 3.62 per cent, slightly lower than late Friday. A jump in Treasury bond yields would suggest that investors see US debt as increasingly risky. MGM Resorts International Inc fell 3 per cent after ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" This quotation from Sir Walter Scott first made its way into my psyche during the global financial crisis. I don't think I need to explain the mammoth deception that went on that gave ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender process for $850 million of a new January 2018 Treasury Bond line. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is to take up $50 million of the issue. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... was the venerable Wall Street Journal that broke the news. "The central bank is likely to unveil a program of U.S. Treasury bond purchases worth a few hundred billion dollars over several months, a measured approach in contrast to purchases of nearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
Australian markets are receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St equities, oil and copper lower, but precious metals were stronger. European markets also were mixed. The Australian dollar was holding above 99 US cents, but ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight. European market indices were slightly lower, but Wall St bounced back in late trading following indications from the US Federal Reserve that it was preparing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing lower, other markets also generally lower, and oil prices weaker. Metals prices ended higher, though. At 0703 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...