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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... could also be fuelling uncertainty. Euro zone debt and an extension of bailout funds were to be key focal points at the summit, he said. "Whenever there's a lack of clarity or a little bit of doubt, this is what will happen: there will be safe-haven ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... without employment? And all the while I thought that the powers that be have learned their lesson. They said so at the summit before last week's summit. They were going for growth. They're going back to Keynes. This was on 30 January 2012. Here's what ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
There's a certain kind of hush all over the world overnight as financial markets turned their attention back to the Greeks and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh ...

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Hard landing? What hard landing? I told you so Virginia, what China's politburo wants, China's politburo gets. And certainly, they don't want their economy to land hard. PBOC to the rescue. Late last year, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the reserve ...

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  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... the euro tumbled to near one-year lows against the US dollar on fresh concerns the measures trumpeted at last week's EU summit will not solve the eurozone debt crisis. Dealers said the lack of any new economy-boosting plans from the US Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... Service said it would review the credit ratings of all European nations in the first quarter of next year after the Brussels summit failed to deliver "decisive policy measures". World markets extended losses when Fitch Ratings predicted a "significant ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... Charles Schwab analysts said. Analysts said there remained many questions over the deal in last Friday's European Union summit in which 26 of 27 EU countries - Britain dissented - backed tougher fiscal limits in the future. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
"Tell him he's dreaming." Twelve days to Christmas and by the looks of it Europe's dream of appeasing one and all, including themselves, remains just that - a fantasy. All three credit rating agencies came out last night to deliver their verdict on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... it. Britain is the lone holdout. The agreement came after marathon overnight talks among European leaders at a two-day summit in Brussels. A deal on tighter fiscal control is considered a crucial step before the European Central Bank will consider committing ...