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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... market absent one A overnight was successful. Investors bought a,-1.9% billion of one-year French notes and... at a lower yield of 0.406. Sale of three and six-month French government bills also fetched lower yield. And according to Bloomberg, "The yield ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Australian shares have opened lower after a downgrade of nine of the European bloc countries' credit ratings sparked a fresh wave of risk aversion ahead of more Chinese data this week. Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday stripped France and Austria of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... and after banks negotiating with Greece to write off some of its debt said talks had broken down. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 1.85 from 1.93 per cent on Thursday, while the 30-year dropped to 2.90 per cent from 2.98 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
The Australian dollar has continued its slide downwards, following a growing sense of forboding around the issue of eurozone government debt. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at 98.95 US cents, down from 100.16 cents on Wednesday. Westpac ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
A brand new day, same nagging issues. The headlines may have changed but the underlying problem remains - the uncertainty that is the European sovereign debt problem. We were reminded of this again last night. Rising yields. Italian yields hit fresh ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... the session swimming in red. The slump came "amid growing pessimism that last week's fiscal pact agreement in Europe will yield substantive results in solving the festering eurozone debt crisis," Charles Schwab analysts said. Analysts said there remained ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian shares surged 1.6 per cent after key offshore bourses rallied on the back of Europe's latest plan to address its economic crisis. All 17 of the eurozone countries on Friday agreed to a "fiscal compact" to create tighter budgetary rules for ...

AUI winds up High Yield Mortgage Trust

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian Unity Investments has begun winding up its High Yield Mortgage Trust following poorer than expected returns to investors in the current investment climate. Investors have already been reimbursed by 48 % of the fund's capital, with the remaining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... had their second straight week of gains. Financial stocks rose the most over the week as worries eased about Europe. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose back above 2 per cent as investors shed low-risk investments. All 17 nations that use the ...

Euro debt crisis has silver lining for advisers: PIMCO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian financial advisers should not fear the ongoing European debt crisis if they play their cards right, according to PIMCO's US-based head of global and emerging markets product management, David Fisher. Speaking to Australian advisers last week ...