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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 ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
It was the summit touted as the one to end all summits. But nah! As Daryll Kerrigan in the "The Castle" would say, "tell him he's dreaming". Five Plans done, "n" to go. Last weekend's European Summit produced something - well, sort of - and the equity ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Australian shares have dropped as dealers fear failure of a crucial summit in Europe could spell the break up of the eurozone. Shares slumped 1.5 per cent at the open, wiping out December's gains to date, after the European Central Bank President Mario ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... bond-buying efforts," Charles Schwab analysts said in a client note. Leaders of the 27-nation EU opened a crucial two-day summit in Brussels mired in divisions over a treaty change demanded by Germany and undermined by an ECB warning there will be no ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... Eurozone bonds? Forget it! Not going to happen. Or maybe... not yet. So now we're back waiting on yet another European summit to conclude where rumours could be officially confirmed, denied or kicked further down the road. ======================================= ...