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Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
So what happened to the post-Easter elation on Wall Street? It appears that it has been flushed down the gurgler like the Easter eggs that were consumed days before. Remember how the US payrolls report was spun favourably despite coming in worse than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Australia on Wednesday, the share market closed at an eighteen-and-a-half month high for its second consecutive day of post-Easter gains, amid relatively low volumes as investors awaited earnings results from banks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index climbed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... catching-up on solid US economic data and digesting the announcement of a general election for May 6 in Britain after a long Easter holiday weekend. Dealers said a muted showing on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in sight of the ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
Has sentiment on Wall Street really, truly changed to positive? Or have financial markets only engaged in an Easter egg hunt for positive news? Read the post-Easter headlines and no matter where you look, financial markets are celebrating not only the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... for a bright start on Tuesday, with local investors expected to be buoyed by positive US economic data published over the Easter break. Figures out on Friday night (Australian time) showed the US economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, which was the largest ...

Happy Easter

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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... funds to cover its debt and budget deficits also helped dampen markets which also were beginning to wind down ahead of the Easter break. The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 7.32 points, 0.13 per cent, at 5,679.64 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2010
... finish essentially flat. Tuesday's volume was light also as many traders took the day off for Passover or in advance of Easter. When markets settled, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 11.56 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 10,907.42 points, rising ...

Merrill Lynch exec heads Macquarie Private Wealth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group has appointed former Merrill Lynch US Private Client Group managing director, Eric Schimpf, as the new head of Macquarie Private Wealth. Schimpf will head up MPW's 425 advisers providing advice services ...

Change of heart

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
It wasn't that too long ago that central banks the world over were losing their attraction for the US dollar and diversifying their currency reserves. China, Russia, Asian and Middle Eastern central banks were falling in love with the yen and the euro ...