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Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... the entire Eurozone - perhaps the world - down. But haven't we seen this movie before? Each time Greece (or Ireland or Portugal or Spain) is due to rollover their funding? First there's admonition about the progress on their austerity measures, then ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... the ECB's controversial program of buying government bonds of deeply indebted eurozone countries like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy. "The markets are falling sharply because there is a lot of fear that there might be a European sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... economies of Germany and France. The bonds would provide a source of finance for the debt-laden countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland at a better rate of interest. "This is a small story but it's a small positive step," Mr Speizer said. In Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... fire amid signs of government infighting and fears the eurozone's third biggest economy could join Greece, Ireland and Portugal into a debt spiral. Investors were also closely following the second-quarter earnings season, which is in full flow across ...

Net-net, it's still good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... haircut creditors are willing to accept based on last week's announcement). Seeing that, wouldn't bailed out Ireland and Portugal be asking "what about me?" demand "I'll have what she's having" and ask for haircuts of their own? And so we're back to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... investors bet that Italy and Spain will beat the eurozone debt crisis trap which has already dragged down Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Banks led the rally, having suffered badly in recent weeks, with many posting gains of four to five percent and even ...

D-E-B-T

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... also guess that a compromise deal will be reached -- on the 11th hour. Remember the D-E-B-T debates in Greece, Ireland, Portugal and recently, Italy. The same thought process went into it. Politicians debated, argued, accused and bickered. They yak and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... tunnel. Dealers said that with growing fears the eurozone debt crisis could snag Italy and Spain after Greece, Ireland and Portugal, sentiment took another knock as the ratings agencies put the United States in the firing line as well. They said the ...

You can't handle the truth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... getting closer to reality - if not already. And that's just for Greece. What about the other Greece's of Europe? Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Spain and recently, Italy? Also, does anyone really believe that the banks need a top up of just a,-2.5 billion ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
And so one by one the dominoes are junked. First Greece, then Portugal and now Ireland. That's the order Moody's took them out - one after the other. But what surprised for equity markets was just a ho-hum matter for bond investors. Know why? Just look ...