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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... European single currency had hit a near 11-month high against the greenback following positive comments last week by ECB chief Mario Draghi on the outlook for the eurozone. HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on a lack of direction from Wall Street ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... track to match its highest close in five years. The Nasdaq composite was down one point at 3,105. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said the struggling euro zone should start growing again later this year, but he warned that the region has yet ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... benchmark rebounded by 1.51 per cent to 15,585.61 points, one day after slumping 2.22 per cent after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti announced his intention to resign. Madrid's IBEX 35 rose 1.49 per cent to 7920.9 points, clawing back the previous ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... cliff was in the works. Markets showed little effect from the fresh turmoil in the eurozone, after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he would resign in the coming days and Silvio Berlusconi threatened a comeback on an anti-austerity platform. The ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... largely expected the ECB to hold fire on interest rates at its last policy meeting of 2012, but the revelation by ECB head Mario Draghi that some members of the governing council supported a rate cut was enough for markets to take pause though milestones ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... But as we've been witnesses to this year, they didn't do that. The most well-known of course is the Fed's QE3 and Super Mario's OMTs, but China, Japan, the UK, Brazil and the RBA, among others, have implemented their own counter measures. The IMF's official ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. At the close on Friday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies was 0.74 per cent higher at 5,871.02 points. ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... equities have risen by more than 3% since and emerging market equities are up 5% since 5 September (the day before Super Mario announced OMTs). However, it seems that the rising tide does not lift all boats equally. Take the case of the BRICs for instance. ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... time markets are willing Spain to go ahead, ask for a bailout. Because it's only after it goes a-begging begs that Super Mario's OMTs will be triggered and the ECB can start buying its bonds. This is what's different from the PIG experience of yesteryears. ...