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It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... deal. "Twas another good day in Europe - the Stoxx 600 closed 0.7% higher to an 18-month high -- despite the European Central Bank (ECB) cutting its 2012 growth forecast to minus 0.5% from minus 0.4% (predicted in September) and 2013 to plus 0.3% from ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... time Greece goes a-begging - with anxiety. You would think that the great minds of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (and while you're at it include the great minds of expert bloggers) would have cut Greece ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... its economic reform pledges and a long-awaited report from its troika of creditors - the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund - is "positive". But Germany said only part of the troika's latest report was available, and ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian shares opened lower with the mining giants and most of the major banks posting falls. At 1022 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.4 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,441.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... the future. It was status quo all around. The songs remain the same. The Reserve Bank of Australia, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England all kept monetary policy thingies as they were a few days ago. The song remains the same for Europe ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... leaped higher, boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. At the close on Friday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies was 0.74 per cent higher at 5,871.02 ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... would ask for help for nearly a month. Spain needs to ask for money from Europe's bailout fund before the European Central Bank can start buying Spanish government bonds. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended a day of see-saw trading with losses ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... not" guessing came, another one comes along. We played the game last month. Those we bet on to do did. The European Central Bank announced Outright Monetary Transactions. Germany's court found that the EFSF/ESM is in accord with the country's constitution. ...