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Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... not alarming. Financial markets weren't that spooked then because the spook spurred the ECB into action and introduced the LTRO, it did so again last month and it would do so again when the going gets tougher. China's proceeding as the politburo planned. ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... know the one -- the one that prompted the European Central Bank (ECB) to implement its long-term re-financing operation (LTRO) in December and focused European finmins minds to bring forward and up the war chest of the European Stability Mechanism from ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... reconstruction to do, so expect more of the same going forward. Wait, there's more. There's still Europe of course. The ECB's LTRO Mark-II is working its wonders there. Interest rates on 10-year Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French bonds are going ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... US cent mark today." Ms Chan said the local currency could trade higher, dependent on a long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) by the European Central Bank, scheduled for Wednesday (European time). Meanwhile, Australian bond futures prices were lower. ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... debt to a "selective default" classification? And this, a day before the European Central Bank (ECB) conducts another 3-year LTRO - long-term re-financing operation. Tell someone who cares. It certainly looks that way, doesn't it? Investors no longer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... there was a trend of safe-haven buying in the leadup to the European Central Bank's second long-term refinancing operation (LTRO). "We've seen some selling in the antipodean currencies, so both the Aussie and the Kiwi have been sold this morning," he ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... for financial markets in the coming week would be the launch of the European Central Bank's long-term financing operation (LTRO) on February 29. The December LTRO resulted in 489 million euros ($A611 million) in cheap loans being handed out to European ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... indices fell by more than 1% while we slept. And to think the European Central Bank's (ECB) long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) that injected liquidity into the banking system was doing just fine in calming the markets' nerves over the past few weeks. ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Rumour smack down. Have you ever heard of the phrase, "don't lend credence to a rumour until it is officially denied"? The fresh prince of the ECB, Mario Draghi, just did that - officially denied weeks of gossip that it's gonna mint fresh euros. Sovereigns ...