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SG at 12pc will help Reserve manage inflation: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... Bank manage aggregate demand without raising interest rates. Keating, speaking on ABC television's Lateline program last night, said, "I notice the Treasurer saying overnight that the Government's committed to taking superannuation up to 12 per cent. ...

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... launcher to a fight when a BB gun would suffice. This must be what European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet last night when he announced only "small" measures to battle ongoing financial market tension in the Eurozone. Trichet told a news ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... look a lot like Christmas. Ev'rywhere you go." Please excuse my cheerful mood. I've been singing these tunes since last night when first I read the news and saw the equity market performances coming out of Asia, then Europe, then America... and boy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... the way locally, following a solid session for resources during Thursday's offshore trade. "Commodities were all good last night on one reading," he said. "It has been a reversal of what has been going on in the last couple of days. "The resources with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... quickly markets can change, Mr McCarthy said. "Yesterday was quite a shocking reminder of how... greed can turn to fear in one night's trading and that concerned a lot of investors." "We were hearing talk yesterday of the potential for another sell-off ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... is confused. But not the market for US Treasuries. The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose by 16 bps to 2.95 per cent last night - the highest level in three months. You know something's wrong when yields rise at the same time that the Fed reportedly purchased ...

Dark pools get darker

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
So-called 'dark pool' providers ITG and Instinet have announced a reciprocal liquidity access agreement that will allow each firm's institutional clients increased liquidity opportunities in Asia-Pacific. Instinet clients will use the firm's NighthawkA(R) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... adjusted 435,000. Many Wall Street economists expected a smaller decrease. "We certainly got an increase on risk appetite last night," Mr Taylor said. "This morning we've seen that confidence flow through to our market." The miners were higher at 1217 ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... magically created US$600 billion more US dollars on 3 November. Since then, Wall Street climbed three days (including last night's) and was down two. Since then, the S&P 500 increased by a meagre 1.7 per cent - not exactly something you'll write to your ...

Better boring than bubble

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... you see opportunities, the greatest opportunity in small caps are the relatively dull, boring, cash generative, sleep-at-night and 'pay dividends' businesses which the market hasn't been really focused on for the last 6 to 12 months," he said. Proof ...