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RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... (The Castle) would say, "Tell 'em they're dreamin'!" My back-of-the-envelope calculations show that Europe's Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index would need to jump by almost 7.9 per cent when it trades later tonight to wipe off all of its May losses. Australia's ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... you consider that over the same period, the S&P 500 and the All Ords returned minus 4.8 per cent, Europe's Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index and Japan's Nikkei-225 index also remain below the September 2008 level -- down remains down 15.1 per cent and 14.3 ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... commodity markets higher. Equity markets in Europe and America closed sharply overnight. The FTSE-100 gained 1.5 per cent, the Stoxx-600 rose by 1 per cent and the S&P 500 by 1.8 per cent. Not bad for a financial market still watching the thrills and ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... Europe had its own bad day as renewed fears about the PIGS - Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Spain - sent the benchmark Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index down 2.7 per cent. A case of swine flu perhaps? Market sentiment started to sour after Greece's biggest union ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... quarter. Given this optimism, the rally in Eurozone equities over the past few months is hardly surprising. The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Index has appreciated by more than 20 per cent since the end of 2008 and by close to 58 per cent since it plunged to ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... Jan-Sep 2009 Sep 2008 All Ords 5.7 29.5 2.3 S&P 500 3.6 17.0 -9.4 Nikkei-225 -3.4 14.4 -10.0 FTSE-100 4.6 15.8 4.7 DJ Euro Stoxx 4.4 20.9 -4.8 Shanghai Composite 4.2 52.6 21.2 All except the Nikkei-225 index produced strong performance during the month. ...

Don't let the bears out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009

Irrationally exuberant greater fool

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009

Risk of indigestion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... During this period, the S&P 500 index surged by 28.5 per cent followed closely by the 28.2 jump in the Eurozone's DJ Euro Stoxx index. Even shares in Japan - whose economy had been considered to be in depression - gained 26.3 per cent. Annualising this ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... cent up yesterday. Stronger than the UK - the FTSE-100 index rose by 4.9 per cent. Stronger than the Eurozone - the Euro Stoxx index gained 5.5 per cent. The cheque is in the mail. Perhaps domestic investors were worried that the Rudd Government's A$11 ...