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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... series of Moody's downgrades on three top US banks - Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup - saying it saw the US government less willing than before to rescue them if they become unstable. The bond market rallied as investors fled equities. The ...

Psychological asset classes run investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... bidding up the price for psychological fear that the world is going to end and at least they will have the debt of the US government." Swanson said that if there is another recession then the US government would not have enough tax money to pay off its ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... to be austere compounded by high inflation. It's too late for remorse now but it's a pity that, for instance, the US government, did not attach more stringent conditions to the TARP monies it disbursed to salvage its banks and investment institutions ...

Local instos eye US equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... market pipped to return to former strength by MFS Investment Management's chief investment strategist. Despite the US government debt crisis, US equities are the biggest opportunity for institutional investors with profits to potentially rise over the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... debt-cutting goals and that Germany would drop support to the latest Greece bailout plan. The global jitters sent US government debt, a traditional safe-haven asset, briefly surging to new record highs. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... per cent, lower than in July but above analysts' expectations. A number above 50 reflects expansion. Separately, US government data showed that initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 in the week ending August 27, but still remained stubbornly high at ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... worldwide domestic bond market total of $66 trillion was issued by the US even though only 44% of this is owed by the US government, with a bigger 46% owed by US financial institutions and 12% by US companies. The problem of course is that if any of ...

Black swans test strength of portfolio construction

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... stocks - moving in reverse - instead shot up to a positive correlation of 0.5 as everything dived in price except for US Government bonds. Robinson said that meant using average correlations over time was not a good idea. "When we build a portfolio we ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... 48,575 contracts traded. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said the domestic share market reacted with shock to US government debt being downgraded by ratings agency Standard and Poor's from AAA to AA+. "But investors seem to have calmed down a bit ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... mention in the press release that its central bank can - and will - print money to buy Treasuries issued by the US government if necessary.