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Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... better, the expectations component of the index rose to 88.0 this month from 76.7 in January and this in spite of the renewed spike in oil prices - you know, the one which erodes their disposable incomes and makes the goods and services they buy more ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... "Yippe-ki-yay"! For how can you not rejoice? Wall Street's up, Asian equities are up and European equities are up, including a 4.7% spike in the Athex Composite Index. This is a perversion I say, equity markets ex-Greece have every reason to heart Greece ...

Benchmarked inflation protection doesn't stack up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Managing inflation spikes through inflation-lined bonds (ILB) is fundamentally flawed, according to one institutional investment manager. "The traditional approach to managing inflation has been to buy an inflation benchmark, which is typically eight ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
Uh-oh, is it just me or is the fear index starting to stir once more? There must be another summit underway in Europe. There's nothing like the smell of a European summit to scare the bejeesus out of financial markets. The VIX index spiked to a high ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... inflation, rather than help out weaker eurozone states who have flouted the bloc's fiscal rules, analysts said. A sharp spike in Italian borrowing costs added to the negative tone, with the rate on the country's 10-year bonds soaring back above 7.0 per ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... closer reading the data was more positive, the headline numbers were a shock to already nervous investors. A very sharp spike in Spanish short-term borrowing costs at the first cash raising exercise by the new right-wing government elected at the weekend ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... $1.3457 in New York late Thursday. European shares have fallen sharply this week as Italy, Spain and even France faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs, in a dangerous new phase as the debt crisis showed new signs of spreading. The yield or rate of return ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... amid concerns over feared contagion in the eurozone crisis. European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. Spain's ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Composite lost 51.62 (1.96 per cent) to 2,587.99. LONDON - European stock markets fell as France and Spain faced a sharp spike in borrowing costs and Germany warned Italy's new prime minister to move fast to avert an even deeper debt crisis. In London ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
If I'm being slack, I'll be writing only one single sentence this morning - and that is, "what I said yesterday". Reports out of Europe continues to push (market sentiment) down while real stats out of America pull the other way. Europe push. European ...