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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... set to open lower after further doubt were raised regarding Greece's bailout package and its ability to avoid default, and Moody's ratings cut on six European nations due to the euro zone crisis. At 0817 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... stocks down for every 10 in positive territory at 1025 AEDT. Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said Moody's decision to downgrade the debt ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal was behind the weak start on the local market. "That's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... industrial average rose 69 points, or 0.6 percent to 12,090 as of noon (1700 GMT). The Dow sank 162 points the day before after Moody's and Fitch said the fiscal agreement reached last week among European leaders fell far short of what was needed to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... overnight wiped out optimism that Europe's debt crisis may be nearing a resolution. Monday's gains were wiped out after Moody's Investors Service said it would review the credit ratings of all European nations in the first quarter of next year after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Moody's Investors Service doused investor optimism when it said it would review all the credit ratings of all European nations following last week's fiscal pact to solve the eurozone financial ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... misplaced... We still believe the ECB,... is the only truly credible 'firewall' against liquidity and solvency crises in Europe." Moody's Investor Services: "In substance, 'the agreement' offers few new measures, and does not change our view that risks ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... slows/contracts, making it harder to fund deficit and debt, country A downgraded. S&P was right! The same it was spot on when it - and Moody's and Fitch - gave junk CDO's and other structured securities glowing AAAs back in the days. The result was the ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... reports of speculation that Standard & Poor's could downgrade the outlook for France's AAA rating, before an actual downgrade. Moody's too was on warning mood. It placed the subordinated debt of 87 EU banks on review for a possible 2-notch markdown. ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... recession" and that it could turn "into deep recession with large negative effects for the global economy" if left unchecked. Moody's warned that, "The probability of multiple defaults by euro area countries is no longer negligible. In Moody's view ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... with waves of bankruptcies and wealth destruction in Europe, also seemed to have had little impact. Last but not least, a Moody's warning that the debt crisis threatened the debt ratings for all European states, strong or weak, failed to generate much ...