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Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... introduction...the man who moves markets...the Sage of Omaha...Mr. Warren Buffet. Bloomberg reports that one of the reasons Wall Street posted its biggest gain since February last night was because - wait for it - " Warren Buffett defended Goldman Sachs ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market has received a positive lead from offshore markets, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and gold prices firmer. At 0741 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 20 points higher at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower, following a weak finish on Wall Street during Friday night's offshore session. At the close of Friday night's session on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 62 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... after the Foreign Investment Review Board approved the joint Royal Dutch Shell/PetroChina takeover bid for Arrow. On Wall Street overnight, stocks closed higher, after another series of upbeat earnings reports and a reading on unemployment that provided ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... to the Australian economy. I apologise for my digression, just had to vent my spleen on the ciggie tax. Now back to Wall Street. And yes Virginia, those who succumbed to the sensationalisation that was Greece, and Portugal, and Spain, and... are still ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
The Australian share market has received a mostly positive lead from the offshore session, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and silver prices firmer. But gold and copper prices were weaker. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
... "For theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die." Ok, ok... might be a bit extreme, but you get the picture. Wall Street rose while we slept despite Standard and Poor's issuing another credit ratings downgrade. Spain was in the firing line last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
The Australian share market has received a mostly positive lead from the offshore session, with Wall Street closing higher and oil and precious metals prices firmer. But copper prices were marginally weaker. At 0718 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Here we go again! The rough and tumble of Wall Street on display as investors knee-jerkingly reacts to what is -- in the words of Donald Rumsfeld - a "known known." The problem that just won't go away; like an irritating fly in the midst of an Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
The Australian share market is set for a significantly weaker opening after Wall Street and European markets plunged due to worsening debt problems in Greece and Portugal. At 0748 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...