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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... Herring said the market had been "uncommitted" for a couple of weeks as investors mulled over the potential of a Greek default and second financial crisis. "There seems to be some uncertainly through Europe," he said. "Economic data from the US is mixed ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... counting dividends yet. Try and get that by investing in cash. In Europe, nothing beats printing the prospect of a Greek default in the headlines. The reasoning being that if Greek defaults, Ireland and Portugal and Spain and Italy are in the hock. And ...

Australian market to shrug off Greek woes

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Australian wealth managers believe that the worsening European debt crisis, with Greece seemingly on the brink of default, will have no major long-term impact on the global financial recovery. Greece is estimated to have unsustainable debt of $456 billion ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... Europe. Eurozone equities rebounded "despite" Fitch Ratings warning that, "The worst consequence of any Greek sovereign default for German and other European banks would be a sharp increase in general capital market and creditor risk aversion at a time ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... agree to raise the US$14.3 trillion debt ceiling, reached on Monday US time. Markets so far consider the possibility of default to be extremely unlikely. But if it did occur, the US would lose its AAA sovereign credit rating, interest rates would rise ...

Bank profits exceed 25 per cent

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... limits of their ability to service their loans, this could lead to banks absorbing rate rises rather than risking a rise in default levels by passing them on. Morningstar said net interest margins for the major banks averaged 2.26 per cent in the first ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... that started it all for the Eurozone. Speculation abounds because last year's 110 billion lifeline wasn't enough. There's default (oh, sorry that's too negative a word - they call it restructuring) speculation. There's "out of the Eurozone" speculation. ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... Greece and the prospect of it defaulting on its debt. Don't know about you but if you still haven't pencilled in a Greek default on your spreadsheets by now, you're toast! And just for extra spook, financial markets were so eager to milk the Eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... largest losses in Monday trading. Investors are growing increasingly concerned over the prospect of an unprecedented US default on its debt. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congressional lawmakers in a letter Monday that the agency is taking ...