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Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... per cent slump markets expected - following a 0.8 per cent slump in the December quarter. Australian equities also ignored Moody's Investors Services downgraded long-term debt of CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ from Aa1 to Aa2 - as they should. Perhaps - like ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... will prompt Washington to get its fiscal house in order. The heck it will. The same way it did back in December 2009 when Moody's - another credit rater -- warned that the US could lose its AAA in 2013. The best I could come up with this "fresh" Standard ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... push gold to fresh record highs as they put their money in the traditional safe haven. The euro slipped, meanwhile, as a Moody's downgrade for Ireland and a new Greek austerity plan stoked concerns that the eurozone debt crisis remains far from resolved ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... edged lower in early trading, following most world markets, after China raised a key lending rate and the rating agency Moody's lowered Portugal's credit rating. A survey from the Institute for Supply Management reported growth at service companies last ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Middle East and North Africa. Last time I looked, the European sovereign debt crisis still is... in crisis. Just last night, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Portugal's credit rating to BAA1 from A3 and announced that it expected the country to seek ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... price rises, but fund managers who lead the market had already factored in the change, a portfolio manager said yesterday. Moody's Investor Services downgraded its outlook on Qantas debt - the next stage down is a ratings review, then a ratings downgrade. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... some poor US data. "A late-day rally pushed the three major equity indices into positive territory," said Sara Kline of Moody's Analytics. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 67.39 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 12,086.02 points. The broad-based S&P ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... price through their holdings of domestic and global shares especially airlines, and possibly also through the debt markets. Moody's Investor Services' recent report into the impact of US$100 per barrel oil prices on the Australian corporate debt sector ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... emergency in a bid to quell protests, sparking fears of spreading unrest in the Middle East. European markets were also hurt by Moody's downgrade of Portugal's long-term government bond ratings, which stoked jitters over the eurozone debt crisis. In ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... overheating is working. Then it marched to Europe as the European sovereign debt crisis again reared its heavily indebted head. Moody's - yes, people still listen to what they say - cut Spain's debt rating to Aa2 from Aa1. And coming on the heels of ...