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No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... speculations of a default in small country Greece was rife and the above 30 print back in November when bigger countries Spain and Italy were thought to soon need a bailout. We'll find out in a few days what the Fed thinks of all these? Is the current ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Electric, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley topped earnings estimates but IBM, Intel and Qualcomm fell short of expectations. Spain and France's debt auctions met with solid demand but yields on their new issuances rose. German business confidence grew ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... from $US1.3134 in New York late Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets came under pressure as a successful bond auction in Spain failed to raise spirits while weak US economic data also added to the general sense of pessimism. The euro was supported by ...

It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... last month. It seems like a dive all right. Two of Europe's big economies paying high interest rates for their borrowings. Spain and France are doomed - according to reports their credit ratings would soon be downgraded. Europe is doomed! But something ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... Japanese yen from 81.23 yen. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as dealers cautiously await a crucial bond auction in Spain, while Wall Street provided a soft lead after falling on disappointing corporate earnings. A report in Chinese state media that ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... rallied yesterday as investors welcomed news of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) upgraded global growth outlook and Spain's good bond auction result. All is well, or will be. Buy, buy, buy and buy some more! But those who did could be forgiven ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... nervousness over the eurozone's debt crisis resurfaces following news that Italy's recession will be worse than expected and Spain's bad loan ratio is at an 18-year high. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... Patterson's Securities associate director John Curtin said the domestic market had been influenced by successful bond auctions in Spain and Italy which caused European markets to rally. "The main driver this morning is the positive yields on Spanish ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... in the Italian one. This is hardly surprising given the positive news flowing out onto cyberspace while we were sleeping. Spain sold a,-3.18 worth of bills overnight, more than the government's targeted a,-3 billion. And, according to Bloomberg, "Demand ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... the grand scheme of things we haven't moved out of any ranges, we have just moved toward the top of our range," he said. Spain announced it had raised 3.18 billion euros ($A4.05 billion) in 12- and 18-month bonds overnight, albeit at a higher yield than ...