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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... us from the current one. We can only hope for the best outcome from the current uncertainties - Europe, China, US, Syria, Iran, North Korea -- that's dogging everyone everywhere but we should also be prepared for the worst. Short of the predicted end ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Boring! If there's one word to describe last week's financial market activity, this is it. Sure, sure Virginia. You, I and Irene began doubting the global growth outlook anew midweek last week - that it would be lower than expectations - following disappointing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... traders weighed positive economic signs in the United States, the world's biggest oil consumer, and supply worries spurred by Iran tensions. NEW YORK - US stocks have finished at new multi-year highs, extending last week's solid gains, after Apple's ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... resulting from the on-going instability in the Middle East - yes, the one in Syria and the nuclear sabre-rattling between Iran and Israel (and the US). And voila! We get a sharp sell-off on everything that has risk attached to it. The Dow dropped by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
Australian shares have stayed in positive territory as hopes for a debt deal with Greece buoyed European shares and rising commodity prices boosted miners and energy companies. Energy stocks led the push higher, adding 0.7 per cent after news that the ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... economy and the slowing one in China. Then there are geopolitical uncertainties emanating from North Korea's new leader, Iran's nuclear adventure, and Nigeria's oil workers' strike - and political ones from Presidential elections in America, France and ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... the price of a barrel of oil by US$4 per barrel overnight. "...traders struggled to explain, citing renewed jitters over Iran, expectations of further monetary easing and possibly computer-driven trading." By 0713 hours, when the Dow slipped below zero ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... cent, as oil prices jumped. Oil prices were pushed higher by the announcement of US, British and Canadian sanctions against Iran's central bank and petrochemical sector. Merck fell nearly one per cent after the Justice Department said the firm would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
US stocks plunged on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sliding more than 300 points, as global stock markets were stung by fresh anxiety in the eurozone over Greece's bailout. The Dow fell 303.68 points (2.69 per cent) to close at 10,992.13. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... European common currency fell to 110.54 yen from 110.77 yen. Oil was mixed amid concerns over geopolitical tensions after Iran dispatched ships to the Red Sea on a patrol mission saying it would "display the capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran". ...