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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... fell against the dollar, as a trend sparked by the EU's surprise deal was underpinned by anticipation of a European Central Bank (ECB) rate cut. Locally, the mining giants were marginally higher at noon. BHP Billiton was 11 cents higher at $31.83, and ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... - even for Germany - if it were to shatter. In addition, could you name one euro head honcho or treasury chief or central bank commander that'll allow his name to be forever etched in the annals of history as the name that bombed the euro? Yes sir, his ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Stop right there. If you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... big time and rev up the vicious circle that's now afflicting its economy. Deja vu the third. News that the European Central Bank (ECB) is expanding the range of securities and lowering the ratings threshold - down to BBB- from A- -- it'll accept as collateral ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... Australian share market is trading lower after investors felt some disappointment over the latest moves by the US central bank to boost the US economy. The US Federal Reserve has extended a program that aims to encourage borrowing and spending by reducing ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... can't have one without the other." The twist's extension follows with these lowered growth forecasts. The biggest central bank in the world predicts that the biggest economy in the globe would grow by only 1.9%-2.4% in 2012, down from 2.4%-2.9% in April. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished slightly higher as cautious investors awaited any action by the US central bank to stimulate the faltering American economy. At the close on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.1 points, or ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... market on Tuesday closed lower as investors moved their attention from Greece to Spain and upcoming meetings of the US central bank and leaders of the European Union. On Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 13.6 points, or 0.33 per cent, at 4,123.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... lower at noon as investors looked beyond the positive election result in Greece to an upcoming meeting of the US central bank. It is hoped that the US Federal Reserve at a meeting on Wednesday will undertake new stimulus measures to boost the flagging ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
No mas por fabor ! You're probably as tired sick of reading about Greece, Spain, QEs and changing rhetoric from the who's who of the G-20 as I am writing about them. Good thing equity markets in Australia and Asia were able to celebrate Greece's decision ...