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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... rally as data showed a surge in exports thanks to a weaker yen. Wall Street again provided a healthy cue, with investors betting the Fed will stop short of reeling in its "quantitative easing" (QE) bond-buying program. Tokyo added 1.83 per cent, or 237.94 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... recent weeks have speculated the Fed would soon taper its $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying program. But the market is now betting the Fed will pull back only in "the distant horizon", said Art Hogan of Lazard Capital Markets. LONDON - Europe's main ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... policy setting for this country ruled by Gillard and Swan. All will be revealed at 230 PM (AEST time, of course) but market betting is for the RBA to stay the course and keep the official cash rate at 2.75% this month. But markets have been wrong before ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... $55.32 and Fortescue dropped two cents to $3.55. Tabcorp shares gained five cents, or 1.5 per cent, to $3.39 after the betting firm reported a 2.6 per cent lift in third quarter revenue to $480.3 million. OceanaGold March is expected to post its quarter ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... 3.2% pace (the fastest since the December quarter of 2010) from just 1.8% in the final quarter of 2012. And if you're betting on which way the US consumer is heading, you'll have a hard time too. Consumer sentiment weakens but better than expected. The ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... 2011. It's bad, it's bad, you know it. Just ask John Paulson who reportedly lost US$1.5 billion of his personal wealth betting on the shiny metal (though it's still a paper loss until he sells his holdings). Just ask the central banks, which according ...

Reignited euro crisis prompts gold rush

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
Global traders are rushing to buy gold as the eurozone crisis once again rears its ugly head. The number of traders betting on a rise in the price of the precious metal grew faster than at any point since the onset of the financial crisis, according ...

Three chances to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Punters' paradise. This is what today is to the betting dude. In Australia alone the same betting dude is given three chances to win that he's forgiven for thinking that he's died and gone to heaven. We can discuss the latest stat instalments but they're... ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... economy later today. All bets are in and after yesterday's attack of the nerves, it appears that financial markets are betting that they - both the German court and the FOMC - will. In fact, financial markets are so sure that they were unfazed by the ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012