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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... billion) December quarter loss. Citigroup booked an $US8 billion pre-tax charge from re-paying $US20 billion of US government bailout funds in December. "How do you find $US20 billion in your hip pocket?" Mr Smith asked. Australia's major banks mostly ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... weeks. Particularly if you consider that the US deficit has now ballooned to US$1.4 trillion. The worry is that the US government may need to offer higher yields to continue attracting investors to fund this deficit. Even more so if the Fed's plan to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... Citigroup Inc said it would pay back $US20 billion ($A21.95 billion) in bailout money it received as part of the US government's financial rescue program. The government also will sell its 34 per cent stake in the company. The news came just days after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... day. "The American economy still has a lot of questions." Mr Bishop said many investors would be looking to see the US government's November unemployment report, which is published overnight on Friday. The major miners led declines. BHP Billiton fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... sales. Trading volume was thin ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, which can exacerbate swings in the market. The US government said new claims for unemployment insurance fell by 35,000 last week to 466,000, the fewest new claims since September last ...

Liar, liar, hedge funds on fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... the cheque, particularly ahead of imminent US regulation. "What the [new] reporting requirement proposed by the US government has done is to put the fiduciaries on notice that they have the absolute liability to do due diligence by hiring one of these ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... around 100 new accounts were opened each month. Anxiety over the value of the US dollar, future inflation and the US government debt suggest that demand for gold would continue to increase in the coming months. This would send prices even higher but ...

Dollar dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... in 2011. "We are in for a long slog." These words soothed Wall Street - a bit. But how long could the Fed and the US government continue to underwrite the rise in stock prices without creating another bubble that later on pops not only on their faces ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... paper profits on equities and commodities into paper money, cover their US dollar shorts and sprinkle some back into US government bonds. Just another dull day on Wall Street. So while we wait for adrenalin to start flowing again, let's take a look at ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... only fiat money - it is accepted as a means of international payments and exchange based purely on faith that the US government would honour its obligations. The resurgence of gold is an indication that this faith is gradually being eroded - that is ...