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Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... positive territory as investors speculated on the earnings prospects of companies struggling with a fragile economic recovery. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose at the end of a largely solid week for share prices caused by stronger optimism over ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... Talks of moral hazard, stricter regulation, worries about debt, an economic slowdown, an economic recession, jobless recovery abound. The same ones financial markets are grappling with at present time. What happened? In each instance, "this time is different" ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... comments from analysts and ahead of reports later in the week on June sales. Investors are concerned that a weakening of the recovery will keep cautious consumers out of stores. Macy's Inc fell 2.5 per cent, while Home Depot Inc lost 1.5 per cent. The ...

Don't bank on broad themes: BTIM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... economy, he said. "The media side is well placed because advertising was hit so hard during the downturn. Even a small recovery will translate into a decent recovery in advertising," he said. While optimistic about economic growth for the rest of the ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... wall, which we've run into here. Which, essentially, as far as I can see, is a typical pause that occurs in an economic recovery". Hmmm... the sceptic in me kicked in. I remember him declaring that he only holds government bonds when he sat at the helm ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... day when Wall Street was closed. Markets in Europe suffered last week from renewed fears over the health of the global recovery in the face of disappointing US data, notably a surprising erosion in US consumer confidence. A report on Friday that the ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... markets rebounded slightly on Wednesday, after recent heavy falls caused by concerns on eurozone banks and global economic recovery fears, analysts said. The London FTSE 100 index added 2.65 points, or 0.05 per cent to close at 4,916.87 points. European ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... 1.2 per cent recorded in March. Interpretation? OMG China is slowing. Who'll steer the global economy into sustainable recovery now? OMG my butt! But isn't this what financial markets want to happen to China? To prevent it from overheating. Nobody really ...