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Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... - anything - as soon as next month. The central banks got our backs! So despite the sabre-rattling between the west and Russia, the military coup in Thailand, the advances by euro sceptic parties in the European elections, tensions between Vietnam and ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... rating one notch above investment grade from BBB- to BBB with a stable outlook - now higher than India, Brazil, Spain and Russia. According to Standard & Poor's, "We raised the ratings because we now believe the ongoing reforms to address shortcomings ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... the US and the EU - over the weekend. This and the coming 25 May Ukrainians elections could escalate hostilities between Russia and the west and uncertainty and jitters in the financial markets. But this isn't about that war. It's the war being engaged ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... a fresh record high as US stocks rallied, with investors shrugging off mixed earnings reports and uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 32.37 points (0.20 per cent) to 16,583.34, 2.5 points above the previous ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... doubt it, Virginia, just have a look at last night's trading action on Wall Street. Sure, there was some good news out of Russia - Putin's blinked (or is it blunk?) - and is reportedly pulling his troops out of the Ukrainian border but Wall Streeters' ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street mostly gained following more conciliatory statements by Russia's president amid the Ukraine crisis and the Federal Reserve chair's Congressional testimony. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... intensified between government forces and pro-Moscow secessionists, with Ukraine's military suffering heavy casualties and Russia warning the violence was putting peace in Europe in peril. Locally, in economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... up seven points at 5,454. The US economy added 288,000 jobs in April, far above the 210,000 projected by analysts. But Russia's warning of "catastrophic consequences" unless Ukraine halted a military operation against pro-Russian secessionists rattled ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... higher, led by strong rises in the US and Germany. Positive sentiment was boosted by the fact that sanctions imposed on Russia overnight by the US were not as intense as had been expected, IG market strategist Stan Shamu said. "We have also got good ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher as investors absorb new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,554.0. Locally, no major ...