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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... just following suit in terms of what happened with the Dow Jones industrial average. "Comments from an ECB (European Central Bank) policy maker regarding the possibility of the ESM (European Stability Fund) gaining a banking licence also gave a bit of ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
It's another one of those days - those days of rumours and gossips and whispers. And oh, digging around for reasons on why the glass is half empty. It was risk on after cyberspace got wind of ECB council member Ewald Nowotny telling Bloomberg that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... weaker-than-expected numbers on new-home sales. Overseas financial markets were also buoyed overnight on news the European Central Bank (ECB) could boost the euro zone's new bailout fund - easing concerns about the region's economies. At 0805 AEST on ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Uh-oh, looks like the EU has not kicked that pestering debt crisis can far enough down the road. Wasn't it only a few days ago (last Friday) that they approved Spain's a,-100 billion bail? And not even a month has passed since their announcement of ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
A recent report has found that ultra high net worth people around the world may be holding as much as $32 trillion in offshore tax havens, depriving governments worldwide of as much as $250bn in tax revenues every year. The report's author told the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... production report. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher, boosted by positive economic commentary from the central bank and gains among bank and energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 35.7 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 4,140.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, testifying for a second day to Congress, reiterated that the economy was slowing and the central bank would act if warranted to boost growth. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply higher, overcoming a bout of nerves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... production report. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher, boosted by positive economic commentary from the central bank and gains among bank and energy stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 35.7 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 4,140.8 ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... emerging markets) is slowing, there's the fiscal cliff, still high unemployment in the US, a rising one in Europe, central bank policy accommodation and/or QE measures are bringing in less bang for the buck, etc., etc. And oh, there's now also surging ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... markets plunged on growing fears of a regional slowdown after South Korea unexpectedly cut interest rates and Japan's central bank failed to make major policy changes to boost growth. Tokyo fell 1.48 per cent, or 130.99 points, to end at 8,720.01, while ...