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Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... write home about! How did it come to this? It's Greece. It's Portugal. It's Spain. It's all those profligate spending Eurozone economies. It's their fiscal irresponsibility. It's the Eurozone's uncohesive political governments. Or if you believe Greek ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... 2,354.23. LONDON - European stocks closed mixed after a day of volatile trading with investors still nervous about the eurozone's debt crisis. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares lost 0.31 points to 5,262.54 points. FRANKFURT - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... the euro and the EU over all. LONDON - European stock exchanges closed sharply lower on Friday amid growing fears the eurozone debt crisis will spread out of control and threaten the economic recovery. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... bad enough, this is now being extrapolated to all sorts of nasty scenarios. The euro currency would be vapourised. The Eurozone would disintegrate. Europe would slide back into recession... taking down the global economy with it. But hey, look at the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... YORK - US stocks ended mostly lower in choppy trade on Tuesday as investors worried about a massive bailout plan for the eurozone and Europe's potential impact on the global economic recovery. Wall Street wobbled following losses on Asian and European ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... proverbial kitchen sink at them. The kitchen sink. The EU announced a a,-750 billion (US$966 billion) plan to save the Eurozone from the sovereign debt crisis that's threatening to get out of hand. These funds -- a,-440 billion in loans from Eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... cent as dealers welcomed an agreement worth almost a trillion US dollars aimed at avoiding a financial crisis in the eurozone. The benchmark Hang Seng Index ended 506.35 points higher at 20,426.64. Turnover was 70.95 billion Hong Kong dollars ($A10.14 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... per cent stronger at noon after moves by the European Union and the IMF quelled investor concern about the debt of some eurozone economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 84.9 points, or 1.89 per cent, to 4,565.6 points at 1201 AEST, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... KONG - Hong Kong and Shanghai shares fell on Thursday on lingering concerns about Greece's debt and the stability of the eurozone, as well as China's moves to cool the mainland property market. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed down 194.13 points ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... slowly coming back from the woodworks as the vigilantes of the bond market train their crosshairs from Greece to other Eurozone countries. And we're all getting caught in the crossfire. Is that doom and gloom I smell in the air? Yes Virginia, we're back ...