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Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... 2008, as investors seemed positioned for 'the worst is over' scenarios." The ETF expert added that with global financial markets remaining awash with liquidity, global interest rates expected to remain extremely low for the foreseeable future and the ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... Never mind the still inconclusive Italian elections because judging from last night's Italian bond auction, financial markets aren't really that scared. While yields offered for the new 10-year bond issue rose to a four month high to 4.83%, they're far ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... strengthen investor confidence in the integrity of our markets, as we refine our surveillance of Australia's financial markets," said ASIC deputy chairman Belinda Gibson. ASIC's senior executive leader of market and participant supervision, Greg Yanco ...

Bernanke pours liquid over Roman burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... is certainly warranted, to this point we do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more-rapid job creation." Did you get that, Virginia? ...

Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... when markets were neck-deep with worries. At the time, President Obama just won re-election which disappointed financial markets because of what markets perceived as Obama's business-unfriendly policies. That was also the period when concerns over Europe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... futures contract was down 54 points at 4988. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is slated to speak at UniBreakfast, University of Adelaide Business School, Adelaide. In equities news, Virgin ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... (Australian Financial Review) "European Stocks Drop" (Wall Street Journal) These headlines sum up the goings-on in the financial markets over the past 24 hours. Can't blame you if your heart skipped a beat while you read through these headlines. "European ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... they can't refuse? Italian yields rose by 15 bips to 4.48%. Nah, it wasn't so much this unsettling news but the financial markets' reaction to the news. They showed fear! The S&P 500 index closed 1.2% down last night and Europe gave up more than 3% as ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... investors in Asia also showed renewed optimism, pushing the local index up 3.9 points. Strong performance of financial markets was not enough to prompt an uptick in Europe however, where institutional investors' confidence slumped the shaved 4.5 point ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Financial markets were on wait mode overnight - waiting for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. And they had fun while waiting, for most souls expect the US central bank to continue what it's been since last September - bribing the bears into hibernation ...