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Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... eased. Qaddafi's still bombing his people and protesters are still protesting in the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa. Equity markets fell as oil prices declined despite crude looking like it won't hold above US$100 after all, let alone US$300. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... mixed, with softer oil prices encouraging bargain-hunting after Monday's losses but fears of further Middle East and North Africa unrest firmly in focus. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed 20.17 points higher at 10,525.19. But the Topix ...

Mystery surrounds sovereign fund billions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The future mandate of Libya's sovereign wealth fund is uncertain following political unrest, a new report has said. A new report from Preqin said the Libyan Investment Authority had been able to invest more freely after sanctions on the north African ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... The Australian market is receiving strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, as continuing unrest in North Africa and the Middle East induces nervousness on world markets. On the ASX 24 at 0832 AEDT, the March share price index futures ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Emerging markets are now a portfolio staple but riots in North Africa and other high-risk regions have forced fund managers to reassess their portfolios in the region, particularly their investments in mining stocks. Department of Foreign Affairs and ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Investors may love Wall Street more today than yesterday... but not as much as tomorrow. This was the conclusion you read on this space yesterday. And boy, investors surely loved much more today (yesterday's tomorrow). But lest I get accused on insider ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... Thursday on upbeat US economic news and bargain hunting, but optimism was tempered by the crisis in the Middle East and North Africa, which kept oil near two-year highs. Concerns about the conflict in Libya and uprisings across the Arab world also sent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... significantly lower. Oil and precious metals surged again as the US dollar dropped on tension in the Middle East and North Africa. On the ASX 24 at 0840 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 18 points higher at 4,803. In economics news ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... heads and those with literary licenses - the Jasmine Revolution currently doing its tour in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region would send oil prices soaring and derail the fledgling global recovery or ignite inflation or both - stagflation. ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... cares they're at parity now - and Bloomberg prints, "Oil prices may surge to $220 a barrel if political unrest in North Africa halts exports from Libya and Algeria, Nomura Holdings Inc. said." My, oh my! Goodbye global economic recovery! Goodbye bull ...