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Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... insuring Italian government bonds rose 22.5 basis points to 268.4, contracts on Spain increased 12.8 basis points to 364 and Portugal climbed 4.5 basis points to 542.9, all record highs, according to CMA, a data provider." Danger in China, Will Robinson. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... debt were affecting local stocks. "Once the Ireland situation was seemingly sorted out, attention immediately turned to Portugal and Spain," Mr Herring said. "I'd expect this might go on for a little while as the hedge funds go around looking for weakness ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... sending Ireland into ICU at a cost of a,-85 billion (US$115 billion), bond vigilantes have trained their crosshairs on Portugal and Spain. Present whispers are that while there will still be money to fund Portugal's trip to the ICU if it gets bloodied ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... about it, like they did Greece. But then... they'll start searching for whos' next. They're scouting around as we speak. Portugal? Spain? Italy? But "If anything can go wrong..." All these would seem mundane if the King of the Jungle that is the US is ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... Ireland - at the same time. The tension is rising, the suspense chilling cause soon three heads - or more - could pop up (Portugal, Spain, Italy). Investors fled risk assets big time overnight from "New York to Rio and old London town" fearing more tightening ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... together..." Aww, how sweet! But this is to be expected. Many of its friends - Switzerland, the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France - have already withdrawn or announced their intention to withdraw their troops in Afghanistan. Australia's ...

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... lenders out there. Bloomberg reports that, "Concern that European governments will struggle to fund deficits diminished as Portugal's sale of bonds due in 2021 attracted bids for 2.6 times the amount offered, compared with 1.6 times in a March sale. ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... there were lingering nasty reports that were out last night. But they were ignored or spun positively. Moody's downgraded Portugal by two notches to A1 from Aa2 because the country's financial strength will "continue to weaken over the medium term, as ...