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Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... market could be decimated. Reuters reported that some analysts believe these limitations could cut away up to 25% of bond trading revenue in some trading firms, an outcome that itself could undermine bond markets. Vikram Rai, a Citigroup credit strategist ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... percent. What the? Yup, I found out what scared the markets off, it's these headlines. In our current highly volatile trading environment, rises and falls of this magnitude are considered calm trade action. Equities bounced around last night as they ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... analyst Cameron Peacock said the offshore reaction to overnight developments was perhaps an overreaction. In terms of local trading, Mr Peacock said low turnover so far during the local session made for a volatile session. "You have got really thin trading ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... having difficulty creating jobs." So China will just have to cut their export prices some more to subsidise their poorer trading partners hit by the "unbalanced recession". And speaking of trouble, my fishpond has sprung a leak. Now that's one big trouble. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... all feeds through into our currencies... particularly the Aussie." At 0700 AEDT on Tuesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 98.36 US cents, down from 99.69 cents on Monday. Since 1700 AEDT on Monday, the local unit traded between 99.03 US cents ...

Market Wrap- Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... 13,019 contracts traded. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the local market seemed becalmed and was trading within a very narrow points range. "We're very much on hold ahead of the news flow this week," he said. "We've got the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... 10-year bonds on Thursday. Australian investors were risk-averse at the moment and staying on the sidelines, with share trading volumes thin all week, IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said. The night's events included a sell-off of commodities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... "It does appear that there's solid investor support underpinning this market, and one of the cheering aspects of today's trading is the pick-up in volumes that we've seen," he said. "The last few days have been very light volumes." Mr McCarthy said local ...

Perpetual resources focus looks offshore

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... US, Canada and Europe because we are seeing more attractively priced stocks in those markets such as BHP and Rio Tinto trading at a discounted stock in London." While Bruce conceded these discounts were unsustainable over the long term, Perpetual has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents on Tuesday. Since 1700 AEDT on Tuesday, the local unit traded between 101.13 US cents ...