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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... tech-heavy Nasdaq added 13.10 (0.45 per cent) at 2,910.04. Stocks reversed earlier losses as investors hoped for more monetary policy easing to boost economic growth. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have closed narrowly mixed, giving up modest early ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... the powers that be could send prices up, up and away. "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was top of the charts again last night, it's lowered growth forecasts headlined as the underlying rational behind ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... in the March quarter of 2012 - two years ago it was growing at a 7%-9% clip. And to round it all up, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) head honcha, Christine Lagarde, stated last week that the IMF will be slashing its 2012 global growth prediction. ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... appear to be uncommitted to buy lest Europe blows, the US double-dips, China lands hard, etc. or sell, lest fiscal and monetary authorities produce another one of those bag of goodies. While there's little measurable fear - the VIX index had been below ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... leaving the unemployment rate at 8.2 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets fell on Friday as traders brushed off monetary stimulus measures in Europe and China, and focused instead on disappointing jobs data in the United States. London's benchmark ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... European stock markets were little changed and the euro slipped against the dollar on Wednesday as investors waited for key monetary policy decisions by the European Central Bank and Bank of England. Markets expect an ECB rate cut on Thursday along with ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... the French and Greek elections, waiting for Greece's election mark 2, waiting on the G-20 summit, waiting on the Fed's monetary policy decision, waiting on the EU Summit - and reacting accordingly. Don't look now - hey, I said don't look - but we'll ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... definitely not because we've seen the backside of the European debt crisis. This indicator, Virgie, is International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its regular updates of its growth projections. It is one of my fave contrarian indicators because almost always ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... European markets were also helped higher by a cautiously optimistic report on Germany's economy from the International Monetary Fund, and news that Ireland would return to the bond markets on Thursday for the first time since its bailout. London's benchmark ...