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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said investors were taking the ongoing turmoil in Cyprus and stalemate in Italy in their stride. Financial stocks were the worst-performing sector at the open, having fallen 0.84 per cent. ANZ was down 24 ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... "People ask me about political upheaval in emerging markets but I'm actually more worried about that in developed markets. Italy has no cohesive government and opposition parties are building manifestos on promises of increased spending which will prolong ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... 29.2% jump. But cast your brains back to late February (on the 25th to be exact) -- when the headlines were reporting that Italy could have a hung Parliament or bunga bunga boy Berlusconi is poised for a comeback - the fear gauge rose by 34% on that ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... cent) but a relatively muted response in Europe to Cyprus' plans for a deposit tax suggested fears of that idea spreading to Italy and Spain were wrong. IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said Australia and the Asian region had posted heavy falls ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... impose a series of one-offs along the way... a one-off to solve Spain's problems, a one-off for Portugal, a one-off for Italy, a one-off for... The Cyprus plan, if it's ratified, also begs the question of who's next on the firing line? After having gone ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... didn't you? Ripples from a pebble. This trouble spells bank run in Cyprus that could spread to Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and soon...the entire Eurozone that, in turn, could revisit the crisis in that part of the globe and threaten not only the ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... 3.65% last night. So much so that it's now less expensive for the government to borrow money from investors compared with Italy (4.67%), Spain (4.76%), Portugal (5.92%) and Greece (10.65%). Perhaps austerity isn't all that bad after all. Ireland, after ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... given latest reports showing weaker than expected retail spending, industrial production and lending. Fitch Ratings slashed Italy's government debt rating from A-minus to BBB-plus with a negative outlook. And only yesterday, Reuters reported on the 13.1% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... 2.15 per cent to 8,423.30 points and Milan surged 2.78 per cent to 15,974.00 points, despite ongoing political limbo in Italy in the wake of last week's elections. The euro eased, however, to $1.3017 from $1.3024 late on Monday in New York. HONG KONG ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... spooks that haunted through most of last year. Two weeks ago it was America and fears of Fed unwinding. Last week it was Italy and scares of a European debt crisis flashback. This week, China's the culprit. It'll be slowing again. No, make that a hard ...