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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... of $US1.81 billion and said it would raise $US5 billion to repay part of the $US10 billion it received from the US government's Troubled Asset Relief Program. National carrier Qantas fell 15 cents, or 7.65 per cent, to $1.81 after announcing further ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... provided the cream. And the cherry on top of the cream? The New York Times reported that large banks are passing the US government's stress tests indicating that the financial system are healthier than most fear. Two things could be derived from this ...

Back to the drawing board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
Crrr...unch! That's the sound of General Motors and Chrysler getting closer to becoming junk as the US government asks them to go back to the drawing board. The greed of missing out on the budding equity market rally was quickly replaced by fear of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... company Dr Pepper Snapple Group all turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for US government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.25 per cent ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... notes increased to their highest levels in more than two weeks undoubtedly due to the massive amount of debt the US government is flooding the market. If this continues, the US would have to offer higher and higher interest rates to entice buyers. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Tuesday, Wall Street swung lower as investors retreated from a sizzling stock rally a day earlier fuelled by a new US government plan to clean up toxic assets in the banking system. The Dow Jones Industrial Average settled 115.89 points lower, or by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Wall Street swung lower on Tuesday as investors retreated from a sizzling stock rally a day earlier fueled by a new US government plan to clean up toxic assets in the banking system. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 115.65 points ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... Stephen Halmarick said the local share rally had begun during Monday's session on reports anticipating the coming US government announcement, meaning Tuesday was muted compared with the US markets. "The plan is good but we need to see how it unfolds ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... TARP money to buy toxic assets with expectations that this program could buy up to US$1 trillion in toxic debt. The US government pins its hopes on being able to coax private investors to have a nibble. To do this, the Treasury would match their purchase ...

Main Street versus Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... then, as Bloomberg reports, that a poll by CNN and Opinion Research Corp revealed 41 per cent of Americans think the US government should leave distressed lenders to die, 39 per cent wanted them to be temporarily nationalised and only 18 per cent wanted ...