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Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... all-time high overnight, taking this year's total gain up to 21.5%. US Treasuries rallied and the yield on short-term US government issued bills - the most sensitive to a default - came back down to more normal levels. Wall Street and the rest of the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... anxiety eased on Thursday after Republican leaders offered President Barack Obama a short term extension of the US government's borrowing authority so as to stave off a possible debt default. By Friday, there was still no deal, but markets appeared encouraged ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... slipped after the US House of Representatives and Senate looked poised to confirm a budget deal that will reopen the US government until January 15, and the government to keep borrowing to pay its bills until February 7. "There will be some relief... ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... back paid - but what if the debt ceiling deadline was longer? Just imagine the opportunity costs of the days the US government had been in lockdown - businesses deferring investment and consumers postponing major purchases until they know for certain. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... broader All Ordinaries index added 5.2 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 5,264.4. NEW YORK - An 11th-hour deal to end the US government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling sparked a strong rally on Wall Street, with gains of nearly 1.4 per cent. Although it ...

US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... surviving spouses and dependents." Shinseki's testimony did not address how any these payments would be impacted if the US government defaulted on its debt.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... dilapidating US debt default. Republican leaders were to offer President Barack Obama a temporary deal to raise the US government's debt ceiling of $US16.7 trillion ($A17.7 trillion) and head off the immediate risk of default. Dealers cheered the news ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... decline for most of the past couple of weeks due to the standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The US government has partially shut down after the Congress failed to pass a budget and the two sides face an even more significant battle ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... ceiling. But it isn't only you, I and Irene that are counting up and down - counting up the number of days that the US government is shut and counting down the days when the debt limit will be reached. The European Central Bank is too. In his Q&A session ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Ordinaries index was down 45.3 points, or 0.87 per cent, at 5,160.6. NEW YORK - US stocks finished lower as a partial US government shutdown entered its second week with no sign of resolution. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 136.34 (0.90 per cent) ...