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This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... cent. Although there are indications that liquidity is continuing to trickle, there are also growing fears that the recession will be deeper and prolonged. There are some who question whether or not the US is now in recession. Particularly as it has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... smelter in Canada, was down $11.85, or 15.11 per cent, at $66.55. In the US overnight, stocks dived on growing global recession fears, grim company outlooks and falling oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 514.45 points, or 5.69, to 8,519.21. ...

The luckier country

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... financial markets. However, investors still need to brace for the coming hardship that comes with a global economic recession. This is perhaps the reason why despite relatively better economic fundamentals, the Australian equity market has tumbled along ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... Wednesday, after steep falls in Asia and on Wall Street, as investor sentiment was hit by resurgent fears about a global recession, analysts said. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares ended down 188.84 points, or by 4.46 per cent, at 4,040.89 points. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... it would have a bit of a bounce." Oil and other commodity prices slumped overnight, however, on fears that a global recession will wipe out demand. Reporting first quarter production figures, BHP Billiton Ltd is confident the industrialisation of China ...

Period of cleansing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... are hopeful signs that liquidity is starting to trickle. On the left, the number of countries falling into an economic recession is increasing. Over the past few days, equity market rallies - Wall Street in particular - were attributed to movements in ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... be. Last week's economic data releases provided more evidence that most of the world's major economies are already in recession and some have one foot in the grave. In the US, September housing starts fell to their level since January 1991 and building ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... seeking relief tomorrow. Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, UBS comes to mind. The current financial turmoil and the global recession will result in a kind of Darwinian corporate natural selection where only the very strong survives. This will be positive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... nearly seven per cent amid investor fears the troubled US economy and global credit crisis would drag the world into recession. Resources stocks were hit hard on the back of lower commodity prices and an expectation that demand for commodities would ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... day." Resources stocks have plunged on the local market amid expectations the financial turmoil will spark a global recession and reduce future demand for commodities. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was down by $3.01, or 10.13 per cent, at $26.69 ...