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"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Stop looking. There are no ifs, no ands, no ors, and no buts to find, it's getting ugly out there. Oh yes Virginia, the combed over look ugly as events and indicators of the past week suggest that we are coming into, if not already in, a perfect storm. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... high. Continuing worries over Europe's debt crisis encouraged more buying in safe havens, with the US 10-year Treasury bond yield falling to a fresh record low of 1.58 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 26.41 points, or 0.21 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street and European bourses overnight. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 4,062. In economic news on Friday, The Australian ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... stories. Spain's about to blow. It's credit default swap hit a record high of almost 600 basis points last night and the yield on its 10-years jumped to a high of 6.64%. According to reports, it was because of Egan-Jones Ratings Co's downgrade, it was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... - US stocks have dived in the wake of European and Asian losses on rising investor worries about Spain's weak banks. The yield on the US Treasury's 10-year bond hit an all-time record low and the US dollar reached a nearly two-year high against the euro ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Turbulence in European debt markets is pushing global investors back towards US Treasury bonds, with demand so high that supply can't keep up. The effect is so extreme that Bloomberg has reported yields are being compressed to what are now 10-year lows. ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... and Handelsbanken - dropping. It's a similar story in Norway -- the Oslo SE OBX index climbed by 0.6% and its 10-year bond yield declined by two basis points. "Get behind me Satan." Wall Street was not in the mood for bad news either. The S&P 500 index ...

Show me the stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Think somebody forgot to remind the Australian stock market that we're still in May. Sell, sell, sell in May remember? The All Ordinaries index jumped just a few points shy of a full percent yesterday despite a negative lead in the final day of trading ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... per cent) to 1,318.86, while the tech-rich Nasdaq added 11.04 (0.39 per cent) to 2,805.12. The US bond market rallied. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dropped to 1.72 per cent from 1.79 per cent Tuesday, while the 30-year fell to 2.79 per cent from ...

High yield may mean lower income: CFSGAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Investors have been warned to avoid chasing franking credits and high yield, with new research from CFSGAM showing a traditional focus on income does not provide the best strategy for long-term wealth. "Retired Australians have traditionally been encouraged ...