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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... McCarthy said it was a disappointing start for the local market. "We've seen a weak opening in New Zealand that suggests the optimism that we've seen expressed over the last few days in global share markets may be dissipating," he said. "We're looking ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... top. It closed less than 1% of that last Friday. Assuming nothing comes out of left field to suddenly reverse market optimism, this week's the week. And why not? The latest US non-farm payrolls report provides a strong enough tailwind to push it there ...

More than five minutes this time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... replaces 'big stimulus' hawk Masaaki Shirakawa at the helm of the Japanese central bank. This has spurred widespread optimism that the sun couldn't help but rise again in 'The Land of the Rising Sun' as both fiscal and monetary policy go into reflation ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
A sliding gold price in the wake of renewed market optimism could present an attractive entry point for investors who are still mindful of the risks that threaten the global recovery, according to ETF Securities Australia and New Zealand head Danny ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... column titled "Temper, temper" ( http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/25600960 ), noting that "general sense of optimism that's permeating through every nook and cranny of the financial market world", there's still Murphy's Law: anything that ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... outperformed precious ones since the start of the year to date, 0.8% to 3.0%. This is more consistent with the general optimism that's currently prevailing in the markets. No big surprises here. A stronger growth outlook equals better business activity ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... can you feel it... can you feel it? Darn right, Virginia! Everywhere you look there seems to be that general sense of optimism that's permeating through every nook and cranny of the financial market world. Seems our work here is done. We told them this ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... the tail risk is thinning, it's still there - for it would be so easy to discount this renewed uncertainty given the optimism that's currently prevailing all around. It shows that some "others" are still fearful...

Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... by opening iup the country to fforeign investors -- and address the country's twin deficits could be behind investors' optimism for the country's stock market. Last year, PM Singh's government opened up Indian industries to foreign investment and also ...

Confident Instos return to global equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... by a 7.8 point increase in confidence among American institutions. Institutional investors in Asia also showed renewed optimism, pushing the local index up 3.9 points. Strong performance of financial markets was not enough to prompt an uptick in Europe ...