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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... investors concerned the eurozone's third-largest economy could be the next to crumble under unsustainable debt. Greece, Portugal and Ireland have all required bailouts to stay afloat after investors deemed them poor risks and their borrowing costs consequently ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... firmer, supported by the ECB rate rise after sharp falls following a drastic Moody's ratings downgrade to junk status for Portugal on Tuesday, which stoked fears the eurozone debt crisis still has a long way to go. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Europe's debt crisis. European Union officials lashed out at the Moody's ratings agency a day after its downgrade of Portugal, while anxious bond investors drove up yields for Spanish and Portuguese government debt. On Wall Street, blue-chip industrial ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... the scares we already know dished out by the credit-raters the day before. Yes, we already know that Greece is broke, Portugal is the other Greece - and perhaps someday, the entire Eurozone would turn Greek, when the debt 'can' European authorities are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... weakness in the banking sector was the main factor contributing to the market's losses. He said Moody's downgrade of Portugal's government debt overnight was the reason for weakness in the banking sector. "Portugal was downgraded to junk status overnight ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... dusted - at least until the next time it needs to be done and dusted - along comes that other Greece, and it's name is Portugal. Warnings galore. Credit-rating agencies went to town last night, scissors in hand. Had it not for the optimistic hangover ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... achievers Hungary, Ireland, Egypt, Italy and Venezuela are flagged as having below-average creditworthiness. Greece and Portugal rate poorly coming in at the bottom of the index due to high debt levels.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... German banks will take part in a second Greek debt rescue package also helped improve market sentiment, as did moves by Portugal and Italy to further tighten their budgetary belts. Brussels ended the day up 0.97 per cent, Amsterdam rose 1.3 per cent ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... at the equity market performance of its other profligate peers. The Irish Overall Index jumped by 1.03%. It's saved! Portugal's PSI General Index soared by 2.27%. It's saved! Spain's Ibex-35 Index leaped by 2.08%. It's saved! At the end of the day, we've ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... solution to the problem. But even if they do, Greece is stuffed turkey. And if it is, there's a good chance Ireland, Portugal and Spain could be too. I've written in the past on the how and why it has gotten this ugly. We can cut, slice and dissect the ...