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Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... for any case - good, bad or ugly - could be divined. Wall Streeters reacted positively to the mixed bag of reports last night - where convincing arguments for any case - good, bad or ugly - could be divined. If you believe the media, part of the reason ...

SimCorp to award excellence in risk management

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... nor a reminder that US house prices continue to fall were able to prevent Wall Street from turning in a strong finish last night - thanks to its cheerier consumers. The North Korea sent shockwaves to the international community after it test fired a ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... Government's Henry Tax Review's report recommended the SG remain at 9 per cent of ordinary time earnings (OTE) on Budget night. Mercer's Henry Tax Review submission recommended increasing SG using soft compulsion methods whereby employers automatically ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Australian share market had fallen more than one per cent at noon on Friday, following a night of similar losses on Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 42.4 points, or 1.11 per cent, at 3,771.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

No two ways about it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Waiter, there's a fly in my soup. Financial markets stopped enjoying the tasty aroma of recovery in their soups last night after Standard & Poor's warned that it might downgrade the United Kingdom's AAA credit rating because of its widening budget deficit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... Street. "The materials sector is doing well," Mr Heffernan said. "It was a bit of a wishy washy lead on Wall Street last night." Mr Heffernan said gold miners and Rio were Thursday's best performers. "The medium term outlook for gold seems to be pretty ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... for the safety of the mighty dollar was among the rationales given to explain the US currency's sharp depreciation last night. True perhaps, but only in part. The overriding reason is the US Federal Reserve's flooding of the system with billions upon ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... record. Just imagine what could have happened had this report reached the headlines six months ago? US equities ended last night's session virtually flat despite news that housing starts plunged 13 per cent in April to 458,000 units - the lowest since ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... overnight was lifting the local market. "It's going extraordinarily well and it's driven by the ebullience of the US market last night," he said. "When you get the US up three per cent it's obvious we're going to have a good day." Mr Heffernan said the ...