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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... afternoon session. A modest rebound in the US dollar on Tuesday weighed on stocks, as investors increased their buying of safe-haven assets such as the US dollar and US Treasuries. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had risen 20.03 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... GDP was the best in two years and broke four consecutive quarters of declines. The strong GDP report weakened demand for safe-havens like debt assets, and a drop in the US dollar pushed commodity prices higher, helping to lift materials and energy stocks. ...

Elusive 10K

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... environment, stimulus measures and improving economic and survey stats in the US and most countries around the world, I think it is safe to assume that ultimately the Dow would break up and away from 10K. Yes over time it could come back down again below ...

Gulf wealth to engulf stockmarkets

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
The Gulf region stands to destabilise global asset prices depending on how it redeploys its investment capital, after new data found the value of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil and gas reserves could be as much as $40 trillion - worth more than ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... others call the volatility index - has fallen to its September 2008 lows. It is therefore not surprising that demand for safe-haven assets like US government bonds and the US dollar are diminishing. (Although this is also caused by worries over the massive ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... risk assets - equities, commodities and commodity-related currencies - the US dollar's weakness could be taken to mean that safe-haven buying has slowed. But is the USD still a safe-haven currency? Maybe. Maybe not. Because the US dollar's downward spiral ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... associate Peter Wright said. "The healthcare stocks are losing out as risk appetite increases because they're perceived as safe stocks." Blood products maker CSL declined 76 cents, or 2.32 per cent, to $31.94, bionic ear maker Cochlear fell $1.44, or ...

Spam levels threaten inbox safety

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Financial planners should have a good look at whether their internet security is up to date after a technology firm found the amount of spam on the internet rose by 192 per cent in a year. Security firm, Symantec, found the amount of spam on the internet ...

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Starting next year, Australian banks could be subject to "fire drills" that test how well they can cope with a severe market disruption, under new liquidity reporting rules proposed by APRA. APRA has released a discussion paper that proposes major changes ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Don't look now but the debate as to what letter of the alphabet the global recovery will take - U, V or W - could all turn out to be wrong. It could be an L with the horizontal part of the letter longer and downward sloping. Trust politicians to try ...