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Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Won't they? Will the troika disburse new aid? Won't they? This has been going on for three years but sadly, financial markets continue to react each time Greece goes a-begging - with anxiety. You would think that the great minds of the European Union ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... around to tell me I was wrong! Somehow I feel as confident that despite the current bout of palpitations in the financial markets because of the game of chickens again being played in Washington, America will eventually jump over the cliff. It's not ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... streets of Athens and then surprise, surprise... measures passed. And in Spain, one week didn't make it do what financial markets want. It's still not officially begging for salvation. And oh, there's fresh news out of Germany - and it's bad. The European ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. Financial markets are still concerned about how the Greek debt drama will unfold and that President Barack Obama's re-election has raised the ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... time, over recent months there have been some indications of a prospective improvement." As for the markets, "Financial markets have responded positively over the past few months to signs of progress in addressing Europe's financial problems, but expectations ...

Bond CFDs, charting tools now on Saxo platform

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... experienced investors to trade on the political risk and uncertainty in the Eurozone that have overshadowed financial markets. "These products have previously only been available for institutions to trade. By adding this asset class to our platform ...

High frequency trading benefits: UK government

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... commented: "Policy makers are justified in being concerned about the possible effects of HFT on instability in financial markets," he added.

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... 389,000 units - the fastest rate since April 2010 and more than the 385,000 expected. "...strains in global financial markets continue to pose significant downside risks to the economic outlook." Yup, you guessed it. Europe still remains unresolved and ...

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... But who gives a hoot? I would bet my right eyeballs (I refuse to stake the other kind of balls) that even the financial markets, credit ratings agencies and/or other investors would care if this smaller surplus actually turns out to be a small deficit. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... was down 45 points at 4,522. In economic news on Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor, (financial markets) Guy Debelle is due to speak to the Australian Securitisation Forum 2012 in Sydney. In equities news, the Domaine Steel River ...