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Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set for a flat open as gains on Wall Street were offset by falls in commodity prices. At 0658 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,549. Wall Street stocks were up after a solid ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
If one were to believe in conspiracy theories, one would suspect that 'the institutions' - perhaps, even Tsipras himself -- have placed a short on Greek bonds and stocks today... and collect the windfall tomorrow. Speculations of rumours of gossips ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat following an anemic lead from the US. At 0644 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,465. Wall Street stocks finished little-changed as a the General Electric ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
"If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." -J. Paul Getty Try 240 billion euros or $272 billion J. Paul - the total amount of bailout money extended to Greece thus far -- a,-300 million ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following losses on Wall Street overnight. At 0642 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,490. Wall Street stocks tumbled almost one per cent due to unease over ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Is there? Is there not? A deal between 'the institutions' and Greece? It's a mere three winks away to crunch time and yet, there's still conflicting news on whether or not 'the institutions' would give Athens the euros it needs to repay one of 'the ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following gains in commodity prices overnight. At 0700 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,641. In overnight trade, iron ore prices were up 1.9 per ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in US stocks. The June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,761. The main Wall Street stock indexes were down by about 0.6 per cent on Friday, after a key consumer ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The Australian market is set for a fairly flat open, after US and European markets lost ground on worries about a potential Greek exit from the euro zone. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,732. ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
It's the Fed one day, Grexit the next. It's a deal! Yes Virginia, this morning's headlines were full of it -- stories that a deal had been struck between Athens and Brussels. Never mind the after-reports that European Commission Vice President Valdis ...