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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
The Australian stock market is tipped to open lower on Wednesday, following flat to lower performances by markets overseas overnight, and falls in the prices of precious metals and oil. At 0703 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Japanese natural disaster as well as the roll activity in the lead up to the quarterly benchmark futures expiries lead to a spike in trading activity. Other result highlights include the high number of Contracts for Difference (CFD) that were traded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... stronger-than-expected Chinese first quarter growth was positive overall, promising sustained demand for the miners, but the spike in inflation pointed to higher interest rates as Beijing clamps down on prices. Higher inflation figures in the eurozone ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... short-term but " there will be a mild boost to demand from the rebuilding efforts as they get under way." Inflation will spike in the March quarter because "Production losses due to weather are temporarily raising prices for some agricultural produce... ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... the New Year worries over inflation percolated all around the world due to escalating commodity prices, in particular the spike in the prices of food and oil. This will prompt calls for central banks to end quantitative easing and/or tighten monetary ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... flooded their economies. There's Australia's inflation discount. And when there's so much money floating in the system, prices spike. This is currently what other major central banks face. Sure, Australia also faces upward pressure on prices, but the ...

No-bull bull market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... indicators are pointing to strengthening growth in the global economy. Sure, risks remain. Add rising inflation and the spike in crude oil prices in the list of uncertainties above. But with most investors riding on the wave of optimism, further gains ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... white clouds billowing from one of the reactors, while the government said it had temporarily evacuated all staff due to a spike in radiation. The plant has already suffered four blasts and one other fire since it was rocked by Friday's record tremor. ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... country. But it is even sadder that prophets of doom are using the event to peddle their wares. They weren't able to get the spike in oil prices they predicted when the "Day of Rage" came and went in Saudi Arabia without incident. Now it's gonna be Japan. ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... excellent entry points into equities - fearing the jobless recovery in the 1990/91 and 2001 recessions and the oil price spike in 2003 when the US invaded Iraq-- the same issues that currently dominate the headlines. But the signs are there. Blink and ...