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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
Australian stocks have opened higher, following gains on European and US markets overnight. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the rally on global markets came after several days of weakness. He said European markets recorded ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... negatively impact economic growth. If this happens, other nations - including emerging markets - will be caught in the "friendly fire" and would blame not only Russia but the US and Europe as well for their rising energy costs. Needless to say, this ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... don't know why it keeps repeating the same mistake. For the sake of nostalgia? Sucker for punishment perhaps? Japan needs to fire more arrows - and soon - to prevent negativism to take hold and self-feed into more negativity. Japan needs to fire more ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... contagious and buys a round trip ticket to bite Uncle Sam's behind and today's bargain could become (hope not) tomorrow's fire sale.

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... given the backdrop to her swearing in, Janet must have been doin' all the yellin' and swearin'. Curses! Call it a baptism of fire but she must have had one eye on Wall Street and the other on the US economic releases as she pronounced the words, "I ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... according to some astrologers, who see wood as providing fuel for the energetic horse sign. The later part of the year is "yin fire", increasing the potential for heated clashes even more." "Property companies won't do as well and as the horse is a galloper ...

Pension uncertainty for municipal workers in Detroit

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
Municipal workers in Detroit may face losing their pensions as the city copes with its $18 billion debt crisis. According to Bloomberg News a federal judge has ruled that Detroit, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy protection, may cut police ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite a soft lead from Wall Street 0830 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,282. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

ANZ praises ASIC "integrity" amid consumer complaints

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... Investments Committee (ASIC) in its submission to the Senate inquiry into the regulator's performance, despite coming under fire from consumers. ANZ is the first large financial institution to make a submission to the Senate inquiry and it has done so ...

Now for a taper in December

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013