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Roubini defects

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... our bullish camp for the Fed's still got our backs. This is no better expressed than Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans when he told his audience in Rockford, Illinois that, "With unemployment too high and inflation too low -- and ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... very teeny weenie (less than half a per cent). This shouldn't happen! Fears that the popular revolt that sent Tunisia's President Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni Mubarak packing could expand to more countries in Africa and the Middle East are becoming reality. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... the Dow Jones industrial average. Stocks traded in a tight range throughout the day as investors weighed the impact of President Barack Obama's $US3.73 trillion ($A3.73 trillion) budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Obama's budget includes a five-year ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... higher at 4,910, with 17,264 contracts traded. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt had buoyed investor confidence globally. "There's no doubt that with things calming in Egypt somewhat ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... leads leading into Monday's trade, with offshore markets buoyed following the departure overnight on Friday of Egyptian president Mubarak. On the ASX 24 at 0645 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 40 points higher at 4,891. In economics ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... days! The New Year's fresh events risk that was Egypt has gone with the departure of the country's strongman. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been ultimately forced to abandon the throne his bum had been glued onto for 30 years by 18-days of protests ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... hunting ensued after the sharp falls in tech stocks. But thanks to Hosni, everything became clear. Reports that Egyptian President Mubarak would be addressing the Egyptians and the world - maybe, to announce his resignation - sparked late buying. At ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Ordinaries closed above 5,000 points since April 16, 2010. NEW YORK - US stocks closed flat Thursday as Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak told protesters he would not resign, dashing their hopes he was stepping down. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... many emerging markets which blame the Fed's reckless minting have found long time ago. Don't blame us was Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart's response to this. Echoing his boss Big Ben's comments, Lockhart remarked that blaming the Fed for rising ...

Cashed-up China eyes US investments

... head of IT group Lenova who said that the $300 billion China sovereign wealth fund discussed the possibilities with US president Obama during the recent state visit by China president Hu Jintao, reported the Asia Wall Street Journal. Lenovo is seen as ...