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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... day on Wall Street and after Asian markets lost ground. European stocks surged despite news that Moody's had downgraded Portugal's sovereign debt rating, sparking fresh concerns about the eurozone. Traders also took in their stride news of plunging investor ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... on its sovereign debt. Greece can't pay so there must be others? Searching... searching. Yes there are! Markets found Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, the UK and even the biggest one of all, the US. They've all hocked their economies to their ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... have to repay about 442 billion this by 1 July. Yeah, this isn't good news given that the problem countries of Greece, Portugal and Spain have been the most reliant on this programme. The expiry would exposed how ECB-funding dependent they are. Still ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... But most, if not all, of Europe may not be amenable given the market's punishment of Greece. Already, Greece, Spain and Portugal - among others - have embarked on deep fiscal austerity measures. China, Japan and Canada are also in this camp. And just ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... "are committed to avoiding default in Greece" and the 750 billion euros "certainly covers the obligations of Greece and Portugal and Spain for a number of years." Don't get me wrong, I have no problem nor could I argue with his words but I noticed that ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... is... No one's still certain what the end game in Europe would be - Greek default? Greece banished from the Eurozone? The Portugal, then Spain, then... European recession? Then global double dip? As the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... The announcement of these alone sparked violent and deadly protests in the country. Fingers were pointed. At Spain and Portugal. Both of which announced harsh fiscal policy actions aimed at climbing out of the debt and deficit hole they dug themselves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Tarullo said in prepared remarks. Investors are concerned that the debt problems in European nations like Greece and Portugal will spill over to other countries, cause a cascade of massive losses for big banks and in turn halt the economic recovery in ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... per cent from the previous day's close. Still nothing to write home about! How did it come to this? It's Greece. It's Portugal. It's Spain. It's all those profligate spending Eurozone economies. It's their fiscal irresponsibility. It's the Eurozone's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... out of the euro throughout the week because of concerns that cost-cutting measures in countries like Greece, Spain and Portugal would slow economic activity on the continent and elsewhere. Now stock investors are also looking at those problems. Investors ...