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Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... Chairman remains seated in his job. Think Alan Greenspan and his 19 years at the helm of the world's most powerful central bank. Many of today's market participants and/or experts were still wearing nappies or just starting to walk when he assumed the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... after two months of growth. Sentiment on European exchanges earlier in the day had been supported by the European Central Bank's decision to hold eurozone interest rates at a record low 1.0 per cent while starting a process to withdraw some of the special ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... 3,795.92. TOKYO - Japanese shares rose but the strong gains seen in the past two sessions eased as investors digested a central bank decision to provide fresh stimulus to revive the economy. Upbeat news in the steel and auto sectors helped offset the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... 95.59 points, or 2.6 per cent, to 3,775.74. TOKYO - Japanese shares gained 2.43 per cent on market hopes that the central bank would take bold steps to revive the economy in a surprise meeting. The headline Nikkei index rose 226.65 points, or 2.4 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... October last year. "But the reality is... the flow-on effects will be contained by the good news we had from the UAE central bank, which said it would stand by its lenders." Among local bank stocks at 1205 AEDT, ANZ had slipped 18 cents to $21.97, National ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... rebounded 3.25 per cent as fears over Dubai's debt problems receded following a move by the United Arab Emirates' central bank to provide extra liquidity. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed 687 points higher at 21,821.5. WELLINGTON - Telecom shares ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... weekend. Else, the damage would have been greater. This gave investors some breathing room and time enough for the UAE central bank to reassure the world that it would stand behind Dubai's local and foreign banks. Another crisis averted perhaps, but ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... store their gold given the mania that has developed for the yellow metal. The Financial Chronicle reports that the central bank of India - after recently purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the IMF - is offering to buy the 201.3 tonnes remaining in the ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US$1,170.30 per troy ounce. This is how much gold - the commodity, the physical metal - is currently fetching in international markets. Chances are it would go higher and it is now creating problems. Back in March this year -- when the equity markets ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... unconvinced. And so LUV was born. L - is for the developing market consensus on the Eurozone. The rationale? The European Central Bank (ECB) is becoming more and more impatient about withdrawing stimulus. At week's end, President Trichet indicated that ...