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Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
Water...water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. A thousand and one economic data and indicators were released overnight but all we got is more of the same - green shoots. American and European equities closed stronger last night, this time seeing ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The year's almost done, still all we have to show is none. Never mind the green shoots, never mind the sharp rally over the past three months. It's the dollar sign attached to each stock when the final bell rings today that will matter. Being the last ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower after losses on Wall Street and in Europe, although commodity prices rose after a sell-off earlier in the week. At 0725 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... losses. Fortescue fell 18 cents, or 4.68 per cent, to $3.67, Murchison Metals lost 14 cents, or 7.04 per cent, to $1.85, while Mount Gibson Iron was down 4.5 cents, or 4.15 per cent, at $1.04.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... Metals surged 54 cents, or 15.04 per cent, to $4.13, Sims Metal Management lifted $1.44, or 5.8 per cent, to $26.27, while Mount Gibson rose six cents, or 6.12 per cent, to $1.04.

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
PAID! Ten big American banks will get this stamp on their TARP loans after the US Treasury approved their repayment of a combined US$68 billion of taxpayers' money. No names were mentioned on which banks are queuing up at the Treasury cashier to pay. ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
International equity markets have come a long way after hitting what is now looking likely their lows during the current cycle. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the worst behind it is encouraging ...

We've left bottom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Equity markets have come a long way after hitting their lows in March. Their run-up was first measured in days, day stretched into weeks and now...months. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the ...

Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
Speculation the government will cut back the health insurance rebate for high income earners lends weight to where it might wield the superannuation axe. A story published this morning in the Australian newspaper reports that the health insurance rebate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reassured investors about bank balance sheets. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 35 points ...