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CFOs more optimistic in second quarter

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Despite worrying signs from China and Europe, more than 10 CFOs feel more optimistic now than they did three months ago. Optimism around the Australian dollar has dipped as the exchange rate has steadied. Deloitte assurance and advisory partner, Stephen ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... month, it was pulled up by the increase in the participation rate from 64.7% in May to 64.8 - an indication of workers' optimism over finding a job. The improvement in the labour market is consistent with the lead from the ANZ job ads survey and the ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... was up by nearly 30 points during its peak earlier in the session. LONDON - Europe's stock markets finished higher as optimism surged ahead of a deadline for Greece to submit new bailout plans, while a rebound in Chinese shares boosted sentiment. Frankfurt's ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... entire session, in part due to sentiment that the market was oversold after Monday's rout. Analysts also expressed greater optimism about Greece after Greek officials made a last-minute effort to extend its bailout hours before its expiry and a possible ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... financial markets stumble, the negative wealth effect this would create and which, in turn, would turn consumer and business optimism into pessimism and subsequently, spending and employment. Hey wait! I just noticed, I'm now beginning to sound like ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... general meeting. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed a touch higher as a rise in overseas markets reflected optimism about a bailout deal for debt-ridden Greece. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 2.5 points, or 0.04 per cent, at 5,686.8 ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... to Rio and old London town lifted off while we slept. Equity markets jumped while bond yields dived. These, because on optimism that a Greco-troika deal would be hammered -- perhaps not yet but soon -- in time for the troika to give Greece the euros ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... any rises in US interest rates would be slow, before easing to $US1.1407. "US equity markets opened higher and spread optimism across European stocks which reversed earlier losses and climbed higher during the afternoon's session," said Myrto Sokou ...