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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... holiday. LONDON - European stock markets and the euro rose as traders welcomed strong Chinese manufacturing data and an Israel-Gaza truce, while a Greek bailout deal was put on hold ahead of an EU summit. Investors shrugged off news that Cyprus, which ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... traded. Wall Street posted a slight gain overnight, boosted by news of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Reactions were mixed to several pieces of economic data, with jobless claims down but still high, consumer confidence ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... five months. But then again, we have to ask ourselves, how much of this was due to rebuilding after Sandy. Except for the Gaza ceasefire, the world is the same as it was yesterday. But if you came across Premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang's article on the ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Asia. How good is that for Asia and especially for Australia? Whether it's about the fiscal cliff, or Europe, or the war at Gaza or uncertainty over the Chinese leadership, equity market valuation (at least on Wall Street) shows that these are already ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... even more uncertainty to world markets. The wild card of Arab-Israeli relations then re-surfaces given its position next to Gaza which is next to Israel. The impact on world oil supplies could be fundamentally re-aligned in ways no one seems to yet know. ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
I'm sure I've seen this movie before. Most of you have too. It was shown on monitors near you at about this time last year. Yes, my dear Virginia, the film, "The Fed and other developed country central banks will start withdrawing policy - possibly ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... inauguration, Obama's was welcomed not only in Washington but also all over the world. Even Israel ceased hostilities on Gaza and not even a pip from Osama. Wall Street's reaction overnight to the changing of the guards at the White House cannot be faulted. ...
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