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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set for a modestly stronger start after France and Germany called for a new EU treaty with tougher budgetary rules to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. Stocks markets rose on the proposal, but Wall Street pulled back on reports ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
My mother once - yes, only once - told me that if you go out looking for trouble, you're gonna find one. That's exactly what happened in the financial markets while we were sleeping. Not content with the troubles plaguing Europa, investors looked to ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
If I'm being slack, I'll be writing only one single sentence this morning - and that is, "what I said yesterday". Reports out of Europe continues to push (market sentiment) down while real stats out of America pull the other way. Europe push. European ...

Instos embrace low volatility equity portfolios

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
Low-volatility equity portfolios may be the answer to some institutional investor prayers, according to AllianceBernstein's head of quantitative research, with strength in downside protection balanced with trending upward markets. Kent Hargis, AllianceBernstein's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite world stock markets coming under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis continues to push most European government borrowing costs dangerously higher. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the December ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... afternoon trade, reflecting how investors prefer the safety of German bonds in the current climate. The French 10-year bond yield - the rate of return earned by investors - rose sharply to 3.683 per cent but the German rate was steady at 1.782 per cent ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... get. Not just in europe. If France falls over then that will be felt every where. Maybe even china?" Italian 10-year bond yield spiked above the "beg for bailout" mark to 7.07% and the fear has spread to the others. The extra yield investors demanded ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... position indicates revenues are almost equal to spending," said Pease. "Italy could sustain its current debt levels at a bond yield of around 4.5% - its average bond yield over the past 10 years. However if yields continue to rise beyond 7%, Italy is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street closed the week up two per cent and amid optimism on the Italian debt front. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 44 points at 4,353. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
The Australian stock market had suffered its sharpest drop in almost two months by noon as investors took fright over the ongoing troubles in the Eurozone. Australia's major market indices were down nearly three per cent after talks collapsed in Greece ...