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Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... by a rampaging bull. There were a number of factors that could have easily spooked investors into hiding -- - the Middle East and North Africa, Japan, Europe, China - but no, standing in the way of the running of the bulls on Wall Street was what investors ...

Funds price ratings downgrades

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... who typically lead the market while ratings agencies follow. "The problem for Qantas and the other airlines is the Middle East skirmishes," he said. "The outbreaks of violence have seen Brent crude flare up quite sharply. "Qantas hedges against Brent ...

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... momentum in consumer prices. The same goes with other emerging markets. There will be a Jasmine Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa. While it will lead to the peaceful ousting of the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt, Libyan strongman Qaddafi ...

Capital at risk in emerging markets

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... London-based hedge fund GLG Partners, told trustees at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds that the unrest in the Middle East is likely to spread to Latin America and parts of Asia, threatening Western investments. "It's not a revolution of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
The Australian share market edged back into the black by noon despite end-of-quarter profit taking and weakness in the energy sector weighing on the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.5 points higher, by 0.11 per cent, at 4,827.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... that the underlying economic growth story remains strong enough to withstand a tumultuous backdrop of unrest in the Middle East, Japan's devastating earthquake and deep concerns on eurozone debt. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... private client adviser Bill Bishop said one conjecture for the rise of gold stocks was that ongoing tensions in the Middle East and Japan's nuclear crisis had prompted some investors to seek the safety of the precious metal. "It looks like they are having ...

We shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... nuclear plant where radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil." Tensions in the Middle East and North Africa lingers while NATO's doing a tour of Libya, bombing the bejeesus out of Qaddafi and his supporters. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... narrowly mixed on Tuesday after an uneven set of economic data with investors carefully watching events in Japan, the Middle East and eurozone struggler Portugal. Dealers said the continuing crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, damaged by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... sharp gains made last week as hopes for a strong economic recovery offset a litany of bad news from Japan and the Middle East. Dealers said investors were looking ahead to US data, including the key jobs report due Friday, which many expect to confirm ...