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Freaked out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
"Aaahh Freak out! Le Freak, c'est Chic." (Le Freak, Chic) Had it not been for the already jittery mood in the financial markets, Wall Street would have ignored last night's not so good economic news. The S&P 500 index recorded its biggest drop in more ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The Australian share market may open slightly higher on Wednesday despite further falls on global markets over concerns about regulatory moves to address the financial turmoil in Europe. At 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
If you can't beat 'em, regulate 'em... again. The Germans must have been standing too close to the euro kitchen that they could no longer bear the heat. After all, them Deutsche -- more than any other Eurozone-member nation -- have much at stake and ...

JANA wins legalsuper mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Legalsuper has re-appointed JANA Investment Advisers as its asset consultant for a three-year term. As asset consultant, JANA will continue to provide investment advice and recommendations to support the decision making of legalsuper's board and its ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... right. They're piling back into the US dollar. Reports overnight tells of China resuming its purchases of US Treasuries in March -- the first in six months. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury holdings by China rose 2 percent in March to US$895.2 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
The Australian share market is set to rise on Tuesday after Wall Street and some European markets managed small gains despite continuing concerns about the impact of Europe's debt problems on a global economic recovery. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open in positive territory after investor confidence boost US stocks overnight. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 59 points higher at 4,642 points. In economics ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, as markets rebounded on optimism following the European rescue plan. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Van Eyk head of strategic research joins Future Fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
Nigel Wilkin-Smith, head of strategic research at van Eyk, has left the research house after several years to join the Future Fund's strategy team - the second senior staff to leave the firm in less than a year. Wilkin-Smith said it was a difficult ...