Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 411 - 420 of 467 results for "Cyber"

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
I can almost see the smile on the faces and the jingle in the pockets of those who kept the faith, who didn't jump at shadows and bought what the worrywarts were peddling instead. They've been vindicated once again. For last night, Wall Street rebounded ...

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... matter how much the finance and investment commentariat would like to have you believe otherwise. The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities and commodities traded with a negative bias because China is slowing. Yes, they took extra care to ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
Market action over the past few days brought home one realisation - Greece still matters. The sell on 'no swap' buy on 'swap' trades made this all the more apparent. Yes, Virgie, we can close our eyes, ears and noses and pretend that it's been banished ...

Waiting for the midnight hour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
It's now exactly one hour to midnight in Brussels as I write this and so far all we have is wishing and hoping and praying that all those seated around the negotiating table Yes Virginia, there's still no news out on whether the EU finmins did or didn't ...

Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
Arrrgh! Doesn't this unending Greco-German tragedy make you just wanna tear your hair - strand by strand - from its roots? Yes, you, yes, yes you, Virginia. For I still like to keep the very few ones remaining loyal to my scalp. And if not for its potential ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following mixed movements on Wall Street but a higher close on European markets despite Italy being forced to pay record rates at a bond auction and intense pressure on eurozone finance ministers to avert ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
This morning I woke up to Reuter's headline screaming, "Stocks slide on weak US growth data" and Bloomberg's "European Stocks Drop as Euro Area Borrowing Costs Rise; Commerzbank Slumps". What could have scared the equities markets off again this time ...

Fixville here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
"Betcha by golly wow You're the one that I've been waiting for..." -Stylistics Hear ye, hear ye, the Europeans have reached an accord - and financial markets liked the sound of that. Major European equity indices soared between 2.9% (FTSE-100) and 6.3 ...

Wealthy prefer online shopping

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... providers a few years at least to prepare. The core finding for the wealth sector should be that, reflecting education, affluent cyber-based lifestyles and willingness to adapt to change, the wealthier people are the more likely they are to purchase ...