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Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Will it or won't it? No, I'm not talking about the deal on Washington, 'no mas' -- I'm so over it. Although there are still a few that won't take my word for it - they still refuse to believe until they see the deal bill inked. There's also an equal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... per cent, to 4,500.5. NEW YORK - US stocks had their worst week of 2011 amid fears that the debt-ceiling impasse in Washington would provoke a ruinous default or a downgrade of the United States' credit rating. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... music to the ears of investors everywhere. After weeks of restless anxiety, it came to pass - the powers-that-are in Washington agreed to raise the nation's US$14,300,000,000,000 debt ceiling. True to script the negotiations went on, and on, and on into ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... only four days to go until the August 2 deadline, when the US Treasury says it will run out of funds, lawmakers in Washington remain short of a compromise debt plan. US stocks ended mixed in overnight trade, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to ...

Complicating the simple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... Simple and yet, here we all are, still watching on the edge of our seats, still waiting for the midnight hour, for Washington to decide. The uncertainty is killing Wall Street - and its palpitations are being felt all over other equity markets around ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... NEW YORK - US stocks ended mixed on Thursday, as nervous markets awaited a resolution to the debt-limit standoff in Washington, with the deadline for potential financial disaster only five days away. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 62.44 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... volume of 18,495 contracts. Global share markets were looking past any positive news and focused on the debt talks in Washington ahead of Tuesday's deadline for the US to raise its debt ceiling and avoid a sovereign credit default, City Index chief market ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Sorry folks, no matter how sick you and I already are of watching Washington's game of chicken, it remains the main game in town. If you believe the headlines, Wall Street dropped big time last night because the players are still waiting for the other ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... could sweep Australia up and over or down and under. So while we may be sick of the game of chicken politicians in Washington are still playing and the Europeans' sport of kick the can, I bet you that RBA Governor Glen Stevens is losing many nights of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... at 3.7 billion shares. LONDON - European equities were mixed with investors focused on the debt-ceiling struggle in Washington and debt crisis contagion in Europe. Stock market investors shunned equities as they sought to lessen their risk exposure amid ...