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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has dropped on concerns about Chinese growth coupled with renewed fears for the euro zone. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 102.50 US cents, down from 103.03 cents on Tuesday. Bank of New Zealand ...

QE going, going ...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... on this, it was more likely due to re-emergent European sovereign debt crisis concerns following reports of the pain in Spain - the Treasury sold less bonds than targeted and at higher yields at last night's auction -- and German calls for the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after a weak result in Spain's bond auction. At 0650 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 36 points at 4,313. No major economic or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street following indications the US Federal Reserve is worried about a hiring slowdown but appeared unlikely to buy more bonds to boost the economy. At 0650 AEST on Wednesday, the June ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
One quarter down and so far... so fantabolously fabulous. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Those of you who are omni-connected to your iGadgets would no doubt have read the news by now (nay, two days ago) about how Wall Street's two most watched indices - the Dow ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Move on people, nothing to see here. There were no significant portends from data releases overnight - nothing that would make ordinary investors jump with joy or hang their heads in sorrow. A fine excuse for us Australians to head for the pub early ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
The Australian dollar has risen almost one cent and pushed past 105 US cents for the first time in six days following indications from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US would keep interest rates low. At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Australian shares have opened higher with the resources sector boosted by higher commodity prices. Qantas also rose significantly after it announced it would set up a Jetstar Hong Kong airline offering budget flights in China. At 1022 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... professor at the London School of Economics and ex-Bank of England monetary policy committee member - proclaiming that Spain "is now at greater risk of sovereign restructuring than ever before." Greece "will have to restructure again," Portugal has a ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
It really does pour when it rains. I'm talking about the pouring of positive economic and survey stats primarily out of America in recent months and the optimism it engenders in investors everywhere and the virtuous cycle that this optimism has started ...