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Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... of the 2.5 per cent expansion it predicted in November. Japan would expand by 3 per cent instead of 1.8 per cent. And Eurozone growth would be faster at 1.2 per cent rather than 0.9 per cent. This is the first set of forecasts I've seen that I presume ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... just above the symbolic 10,000 point mark, but still in the red. Earlier in the day concerns about the health of the eurozone and tensions between North and South Korea sent investors fleeing from the stock market into safe-haven investments such as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market was down at noon, continuing to be pounded by eurozone instability, with mining, energy and financial stocks suffering losses. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 76.7 points, or 1.75 per cent, at 4,318.7 ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... Latvia, Estonia and Romania either already are, or planning to go, on a low fat diet. So are the strongest members of the Eurozone -- Germany and France. Germany announced that there would be no tax cuts in the next two years. France plans to freeze ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... bourse fell 6.6 per cent over the week. NEW YORK - US stocks rebounded from steep opening losses on Friday amid fears over eurozone finances and the global economic recovery, as buyers sought bargains after sharp drops. In early trades, the Dow briefly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... impact of the euro crisis on an export-driven recovery overshadowed positive growth data. Corporate Japan is eyeing the eurozone debt crisis nervously, leaving the safe-haven yen in demand against the euro, denting the profit outlook for Japanese exporters ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... action if this measure is to be effective. All exits must be closed. But heck, even its partners in crime -- the other Eurozone governments -- have been shocked by Germany's unilateral action. The problem is the German action prompted speculators to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... the authorities were fully in control. Dealers said Germany's unilateral overnight move to ban naked short selling in eurozone government bonds, associated insurance derivatives and 10 major financial stocks added to a sense of crisis in Europe. German ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... too close to the euro kitchen that they could no longer bear the heat. After all, them Deutsche -- more than any other Eurozone-member nation -- have much at stake and much too lose if the euro goes pffft. They're now defending the euro with the same ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... governments put their public finances in order has added to pressure on the euro, already reeling from the Greek debt crisis. Eurozone nations also transferred their first 14.5 billion euros ($A20.48 billion) in rescue loans to Greece to allow Athens ...