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October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... met by more reflationary monetary and fiscal policies. This week's central bank meetings in Australia, the UK and the Eurozone are expected to each produce interest rate reductions of 50 basis points. Tomorrow Australia celebrates Melbourne Cup Day - ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... lost more than 36 per cent of their value. America's S&P 500 index has fallen by 35 percent since the start of 2008. The Eurozone's Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index dropped 45.5 per cent during the same period. Britain's FTSE-100 index shed 37.4 per cent and ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... point-decline on record. The index stands just above the June low of 56.4 --the lowest level since June 1980. In Europe, Eurozone industrial production declined by another 0.7 per cent year-on-year in August after a 1.7 per cent fall in the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... and oil, although gold and silver were higher. In Europe, the British and French bourses were up moderately, but the Eurozone's largest economy, Germany, saw its key DAX stocks index fall. At 0800 AEST, the December Share Price Index futures contract ...

Global recession coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... weakness in orders going forward. And this is just for the US. Recession warnings are also flashing in other countries. The Eurozone economy may not be able to avoid its second quarter of negative growth after one of its members sank into recession. ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... this has impacted Japan. Europe: Inflation data dominates this week's key releases out of Europe. The final estimate of Eurozone headline consumer prices is expected to show a fall of 0.2 per cent in August -- unchanged from the initial estimate - for ...

Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... capital.' The same goes for the European Central Bank. In its monthly report, the ECB acknowledge that economic growth in the Eurozone would be weak in the second half of 2008 as domestic and foreign demand slows. However, the two European banks' policy ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

... with country allocations? Note that Australia also has a strong correlation with the United Kingdom's FTSE-100 and the Eurozone's stockmarket. The US is used as an example because it commands the biggest amount of funds Australian managers allocate overseas. ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... this week to capture the market's attention and give near-term direction to the outlook for interest rates in both the Eurozone and the UK after their respective central banks decided on maintaining interest rates steady last week. For the Eurozone ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... projections. The projections downgraded the estimate for 2008 growth to 1.5 per cent from the previous estimate of 1.9 per cent. Eurozone growth for 2009 is forecast to be weaker still at 1.2 per cent. At the same time, ECB staff projections for inflation ...