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Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
And so one by one the dominoes are junked. First Greece, then Portugal and now Ireland. That's the order Moody's took them out - one after the other. But what surprised for equity markets was just a ho-hum matter for bond investors. Know why? Just look ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... enough to keep bad news about Ireland from sinking US stocks. Ireland's government bonds were downgraded by ratings agency Moody's to junk status shortly before US markets closed, sending stocks sharply lower and erasing the day's gains. The move puts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... both moves as expected. The euro was slightly firmer, supported by the ECB rate rise after sharp falls following a drastic Moody's ratings downgrade to junk status for Portugal on Tuesday, which stoked fears the eurozone debt crisis still has a long ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... world's second-largest economy and as worries mounted about Europe's debt crisis. European Union officials lashed out at the Moody's ratings agency a day after its downgrade of Portugal, while anxious bond investors drove up yields for Spanish and Portuguese ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... the hard landing that some investors fear." And by the by, because I ran out of space yesterday I failed to mention that Moody's (yes, it again) released a report on China the other day noting that its calculations show that the Chinese banking system's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... trading Richard Herring said weakness in the banking sector was the main factor contributing to the market's losses. He said Moody's downgrade of Portugal's government debt overnight was the reason for weakness in the banking sector. "Portugal was downgraded ...

The other Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... overnight. But at 16.1, this could not even be classed as palpitation - let alone fear. And this is all because of reports that Moody's has junked Portugal. The credit-rating agency cut Portugal's credit rating to Ba2 from Baa1 -making it the second ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... banker to make publicly - it's irresponsible. And then there's Standard & Poor's trying to get into the limelight (why must Moody's get all the attention?). It warned that it would give the US a D-rating if it defaults on its debt. To this I say, Duh! ...

Bank stocks rise on Greek confidence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... the first global credit crisis shook the markets in 2008. Ratings agencies are also scrutinizing the Big Four banks with Moody's downgrading them one notch in May. Gavin Gunning, credit analyst for Standard and Poor's said global capital markets remained ...

Bendigo finds safe harbour from wholesale storm in retail deposits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... that power discerningly and not pump up the use of the market significantly. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is rated at A2 by Moody's Investors Service, and was recently upgraded to A- by Fitch.