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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... positive, with solid early gains made after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicated on Monday that the US central bank's very low interest rate regime will remain in place for some time. His comments drove US stocks up 1.23 per cent on Monday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... by strong leads in offshore markets, with Wall Street's major indices rallying after Dr Bernanke signalled the US central bank is not willing to exit its easy monetary policy until its scheduled end date in late 2014. In a speech on labour market issues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... worst is over in the eurozone debt crisis, but risks remain and it is up to governments to resolve them, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi says in a newspaper interview. LISBON - Public services across Portugal ground to a halt as unions staged ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... of these risks? They've been put in front of their very noses since the year began. It's contained in almost all central bank statements. Something along the lines of "Europe remains a key risk" and "rising oil prices could dampen household spending." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Tuesday finished weaker in line with Asia bourses. Locally, investors digested comments on monetary policy from the central bank amid concerns about a possible slowing of China's demand for iron ore. At the close on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
It really does pour when it rains. I'm talking about the pouring of positive economic and survey stats primarily out of America in recent months and the optimism it engenders in investors everywhere and the virtuous cycle that this optimism has started ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... final go-ahead for Greece's second bailout soon, although they were unfazed by fresh easing measures from Japan's central bank. Sydney rose 1.21 per cent, or 50.9 points, to 4,347.6, Tokyo was flat, adding 9.22 points to 9,899.08 and Seoul jumped 1.13 ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... counteract the bad bacteria - the banks - that recently started a fad of setting interest rates independent of the central bank.

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... and Portugal and Italy and Spain - time to get their houses in order. This is the same hope expressed by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi last night. While he thinks that the outlook for the single currency area economy "is still subject ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong positive leads from Europe and the US on optimism that Greece will succeed in its swap deal necessary to avoid default. At 0850 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract ...