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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... a rise in the euro early on but it picked up in the afternoon, stoked by hopes that eurozone leaders will agree to hand Greece its latest batch of bailout cash. Tokyo, which has risen about five per cent in the past three sessions, ended the day 0.12 ...

Fed money on the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... over but there was one other thing that caught my eye when I was surfing the cyber-universe this morning. Speculation that Greece, surprise of surprises, would be granted the next tranche of its aid? No, not that, it hasn't come yet. But, the euro penny ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... came a day ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers that could unlock a critical instalment of bailout loans for Greece. At close on Monday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies soared 2.36 per cent to 5,737.66 points, Frankfurt's DAX ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... weakness and everyone is a bit scared Europe might be slipping back into recession," he told AAP, adding there was a focus on Greece rather than creating growth on the continent. In Australia, the local market has dropped 2.7 per cent with no real catalysts ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... set to open higher despite strong falls on Tuesday and a mixed performance on Wall Street overnight amid concern about Greece's debt crisis and a US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end which threaten to drag the economy into recession. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... assessment of the probability of US politicians compromising on plans for tax hikes and spending cuts and a near term exit of Greece from the euro, he said. The big four retail banks were all weaker. ANZ was down 19 cents at $24.26 and National Australia ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... loans in October. Last night, the worries returned to Europe and whether or not the troika would drop another penny into Greece's begging bowl despite Athens' compliance with its benefactors' pre-conditions with the passage of the 2013 austerity budget ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... points. Going into the EU finance ministers' meeting, Jean-Claude Juncker, who heads the Eurogroup of finance ministers, said Greece had "delivered" on its economic reform pledges and a long-awaited report from its troika of creditors - the European ...

Fool me not again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... (hopefully). That this renewed fear the headlines talk about would again turn out to be just that - all talk. The same goes for Greece. Yes, that's the one that's fooled us many, many times.