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Fake press release activist faces 10 years in jail

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
An environmental activist who issued a fake ANZ Bank press release and caused a crash in Whitehaven Coal's share price faces 10 years in prison. On 7 January 2013, Jonathan Moylan sent out a false media release which said ANZ Bank had pulled its $1.2 ...

Is it safe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... and 1.4% the day before last Thursday. The reason for the reversal? Allow me to quote Reuters quoting the Wall Street Journal, "...stocks rebounded after a Wall Street Journal analysis said the market may be misreading the Fed and that a reduction in ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... "Stocks, bond prices drop as Fed points to reduced bond buying" Financial Times: "Bernanke sees 2014 end for QE3" Wall Street Journal: "Bernanke Sets Stage to End Bond Buys Amid Growth" Now don't get me wrong Virginia, I'm in no way saying they are wrong...they ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
It's now or never. Last chance to place your bets - check, raise or fold - before Big Ben Bernanke shows his hands. Gauging from Wall Street's back-to-back gains over the first two trading days of this week, it appears that the money is on Big Ben revealing ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange is planning to launch a VIX futures contract, with a launch date earmarked for later this year - possibly as early as July. The ASX will provide a media teach-in to coincide with the launch. Known widely as the 'fear ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... April. Then there are the gabs. Taper is on according to Fed mouthpiece John Hilsenrath. John wrote in the Wall Street Journal last week that, "Federal Reserve officials are likely to signal at their June policy meeting that they're on track to begin ...

Markets poised on knife-edge: Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
After the recent rally in prices, global equity markets are poised on a knife-edge and need signs of further fundamental or monetary support if the performance is to continue, according to Standard Life Investments head of global strategy Andrew Milligan. ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The dramatic lift in confidence arising from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive stimulus measures has created opportunities for investment to flow between Australia and Japan in both directions, according to Nikko Asset Management chairman ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... They're putting their listening ears for confirmation that Fed mouthpiece Jon Hilsenrath's piece printed on the Wall Street Journal. According to Hilsenrath, the Fed now has sketched a roadmap to the exits but that the question on when it starts on its ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... "Overcoming the crisis and the crisis effects will remain a challenge over the next decade," Weidmann told the Wall Street Journal. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares closed lower on Thursday. The NZX 50 Index fell 36.16 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 4,442.10. ...