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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... director Richard Herring said the local market was heading towards a positive end to the week. "We've had a firm opening after a nice lead from Wall Street again overnight," he said. "The banks are mixed, certainly there have been some positive moves ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... could do is either curse AIG's top honchos or we could ring them and ask where do we sign up for a job there. Wouldn't it be nice to work for a company that is 100 per cent global financial crisis proof?

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... taken during rallies. The overnight rally on Wall Street - like all others that went puff - would again go puff. It would be nice if it didn't but sadly market psychology remains fragile. People see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear. ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... communique which promised to support 'the stabilisation of the global economy and financial markets' without stating how? Nice gig eh? Perhaps I am being too much of a sceptic. Perhaps the G-7 has developed a concrete plan to turn the global financial ...

Four Bad 'Bers'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... hope as American equities closed higher for five trading days uninterrupted - the first time since 2007. While it maybe a nice Christmas present to hope that the end to the equity market bloodbath has come with the passing of November, the painful truth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Mr Herring said. "Clearly some of the banking issues are quite firm (and) a little bounce in some energy players, which is nice. "They were a sector that did under-perform yesterday but are showing a bit of strength today, which is encouraging. "(We ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... 100 points higher at 4785, on a volume of 22,258 contracts. CMC Markets Dominic Vaughan said the local market was having a "nice corrective bounce" after yesterday's huge loses. "The heavily hit resources sector is the main driver of the day and we are ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Bill Bishop said today's steady market advance was a pleasant surprise. "The banks have rebounded nicely," he said. "It's a nice turn around off the back of the relief that Merrill Lynch got something for its $30 billion bonds and the price of oil going ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... because commodity prices were up," Mr Heffernan said. "While we are down 16 per cent from last year's financial year it is a nice to see the last day of the financial year end of such a positive note. "The next financial year will be decidedly better." ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... excess demand is pushing up house and apartment prices beyond what is reasonable, is it that modern home owners just want nice houses but don't want to pay the going rate, or is it a welfare problem? The ill-definition might explain why following the ...