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SSgA appoints equities head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... served as an endowed chair in financial investments at Southern Methodist University, and as director of the Financial Markets Institute and professor of finance at the University of Iowa. He is a frequent presenter and author, whose work has appeared ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." (Jaws 2) Yes, Virginia...just when financial markets looked like they're finally getting used to the idea that Greece - for all its foibles - would not be left in ruins, Fitch comes along ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Greece is the country fails to refinance its debts in the capital market. Duh! Why is Greece still a factor in financial markets? It will be saved...period. Duh! too to Bernanke mini-me's. Interest rates on hold...for a long time, said one. Chicago Fed ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... Market Committee (FOMC) kept interest rates where they were since December 2008 - at the 0 - 0.25 per cent range. Financial markets were more focused on what the FOMC had to say after the meeting. Here, apart form a few tweaks in adjectives - the date ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... points higher at 4,840 points. In economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets), Guy Debelle, speaks at the MFAA Industry Leaders' Luncheon. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on dwelling ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... How often have we heard this - and variation of this -- "wise saying" before? Many, many, many times. But for financial markets, remembering history on the second week of March 2010 has not helped much - not when history shows two different directions. ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... much February's payroll employment was affected by the severe weather." What now brown cow? What now is that financial markets are left with continuing conjectures and suppositions of what lies ahead. What lies ahead is that financial markets are awaiting ...

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... "I" to gloat about how prescient I was) said last week that, "The US employment numbers could set the tone for financial markets over the next few days. By more if the report comes out with a big surprise." Well, from the looks of the first trading day ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... all designed to rationalise whatever point of view one holds. The US employment numbers could set the tone for financial markets over the next few days -- by more if the report comes out with a big surprise.

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... Q4 - the fastest in almost a decade. Thus, despite keeping interest rates steady at 0.25 per cent last night, financial markets expect the Bank of Canada (BoC) is poised to lift rates soon. Particularly after commenting that the growth and inflation ...