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The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... right before the end of the year in order to claim a capital loss for tax purposes. Once the tax calendar rolls over to a new year on January 1st these same investors quickly reinvest their money in the market, causing stock prices to rise. The January ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Happy new year? Perhaps in 2010. The top central bankers meeting in Basel Switzerland came to the same conclusion yesterday. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet -- wearing his cap as head of the Bank of International Settlements - declared ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
With the US economy entering its second year of recession, investors need all the best wishes for the New Year to come true. The problems of 2008 have not gone away - they have worsened. The reason why the equity markets' cheery welcome of 2009 faded ...

Financial Standard returning soon in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... Financial Standard daily email newsletters will be returning soon. In the meantime, we wish all our readers a prosperous New Year, or at least a better one than 2008, and we hope you had a great and restful Christmas. Our daily news will start again ...

B&B in partnership talks

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... timetable for resolution of any agreement has yet been determined although B&B would expect the process to continue into the new year, said the firm. B&B has been hit hard by the market downturn, with the company's shares plunging around 94 per cent ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... Rainmaker managing director, said from New York this morning, that Congress will reconvene immediately after the Jewish New Year public holiday on Thursday, which coincides with the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting. Republican Congressmen ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... so far this year. HONG KONG - Hong Kong was one of many Asian markets closed for a second day on Friday for the Lunar New Year holiday On Wednesday, the Hang Seng ended at 23,469.46, down 1,339.24 points. The index lost 654.12 points in the truncated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... cent or 107.91 points at 13,207.15. HONG KONG - Hong Kong was one of many Asian markets closed on Thursday for the Lunar New Year holiday. WELLINGTON - Shares were dumped again as the local market was hit by the double whammy of international catch-up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... session as nervous investors tracked sharp losses in overseas markets and cashed out of the market ahead of the Lunar New Year break. The Hang Seng Index fell as much as 6.15 per cent before finishing at 23,469.46, down 1,339.24 points. WELLINGTON - ...

Welcome to 2008

Financial Standard wishes all our readers a happy and prosperous new year for 2008 and we look forward to working with you again starting 14th January when we open our online news service for the year.