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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... that is affecting a bit of cautionary thinking here," Ms Chan said. "It's been a very rough start to the week, and last night commodity prices were heavily hit, but our market is holding up very well with regards to bulk commodities." BHP Billiton, Rio ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... rallied even when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was forecasting little growth in economic output this year. Last night, the IMF made more revisions, it now expects global growth to rise by 3.9 per cent, up from its previous forecast of 3.1 per ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... it was a case of an ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)? Wall Street's attention focused somewhere else. Last night, it was news of China's lending restrictions that got its goose. China spooked the bejesus out of investors again on reports ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... 12,668 contracts. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said investors were wary in holding positions ahead of a heavy night of economic data due during Friday's offshore session. "Maybe people do not want to hold positions ahead of the weekend," Mr ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... stands for. 'I' stands for inflation. The fear of its return spooked Wall Street into losing more than half a per cent last night. Inflation cast its shadow on the Street after the US Labor Department released figures showing that the country's headline ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
The Australian stock market has received mixed leads from Tuesday night's offshore trading session, with Wall Street closing lower while oil was higher and metals prices were mixed. At 0822 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
The Australian stock market has received a mixed set of leads from Monday night's offshore trading session. While Wall Street finished higher and metals prices were firmer, the price of crude oil was weaker. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... instead of banks and financial institutions falling one after the other - under the weight of debt. It was Greece's turn last night. Fitch Ratings downgraded its debt rating to BBB+ with a negative outlook. According to reports, this is the first time ...

Low rates to stay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... basically what Chairman Benny told US and world financial markets when he spoke before the Economic Club of Washington last night. Remember that before the weekend, the US dollar surged as markets brought forward their expectations of the first hike ...