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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... this will force the issue eventually." NEW YORK - US stocks and the euro sank as worries about Europe hang over financial markets. Energy companies fell hard as the price of crude oil plunged four per cent. Italy's borrowing rates ratcheted higher and ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... down sharply from its earlier prediction for a 2.3% expansion - and this assumes "that it's possible to calm financial markets lastingly and thus prevent a further escalation of the crisis." A tough ask if you ask me. Ratings downgrade speculation. The ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... those who have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing the rounds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... business with them would also suffer because of the closely intertwined relationships between global lenders and financial markets. The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed up 20.84 points, or 1.7 per cent, at 1,255.19. The Nasdaq composite index finished ...

BlackRock launches sovereign risk management fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... developed and emerging market countries, most recently pinpointing Italy's financial vulnerabilities well before financial markets came to a similar conclusion," said Miller. "We believe the new fund will have great appeal to Australian institutions ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
No doubt financial markets are still basking in the afterglow of last week's equity rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... adding to the previous day's huge gains following coordinated action by six central banks to boost liquidity in financial markets. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was 38.13 points higher at 19,040.39 on turnover of HK$64.78 billion ($A8.17 billion). ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - sent financial markets soaring overnight. Whoops, better make it seven central banks. Because a couple of hours before the six announced their ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... weeks). It was also optimism that today's European finance ministers' meeting would produce a positive outcome. Financial markets are now seeing their empty glasses half-filled. From a broader perspective, there was not much to write home to mother about ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... don't worry, be happy." - Bob Marley There's a laundry list of reports out last night that should have made financial markets wobble, yet... what we got was a strong performance out of Wall Street and a terrific showing in Europe. The bucket list: The ...