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New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... Virginia? The financial press line up the usual suspects (and some freshly picked ones): interest rate concerns; geo-politics - Iraq, Syria, Russia, HK/China; tepid global growth; Ebola.... and then the dip buyers, the bargain hunters, the bottom fishers ...

October h(a)unting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... right now, the question must be asked: Is this going to be one of those Octobers? There's geo-political uncertainty - ISIS, Iraq, Syria and just recently... Hong Kong. There's a developing health epidemic - Ebola (recall how we peed our pants with SARS ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... 1.5 per cent and the Nasdaq dropping close to two per cent. The slide was driven chiefly by concerns about the conflict in Iraq and Syria, and the prospect of interest rate rises in the US in 2015. But IG market strategist Stan Shamu said those drivers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... companies suffer significant falls. Shares were being weighed down by lower commodity prices, ongoing concerns about conflict in Iraq and Syria, and talk the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates more quickly than expected over the next few years ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as news of a slowdown in Chinese industrial production and expectations the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates weigh on investors. Official figures released over the weekend showed industrial production ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... weeks ago when many nearly wet their pants after many things evil our way came - Argentina, Banco Espiritu Santo, Putin, Iraq, slow growth, fast growth, deflation, inflation, overvaluation, bubble - you name it. Yes Virginia, just two weeks ago investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... rebounded sharply as traders breath a sigh of relief over easing tensions in east Ukraine and gains by Western-backed forces in Iraq. Frankfurt's main DAX index added 1.68 per cent to end Monday at 9,245.33. London's benchmark FTSE 100 gained 0.78 per ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... 17.03 read reached on the 1st of August when the markets faced the sum of all its fears - Argentina default, Putin, Israel, Iraq, slow growth in China, faster growth in the US that could prompt earlier rate hike by the Fed - that instigated speculation ...