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Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2010
... Faster Than Initial Estimate China November Property Prices Rise at Slower Pace After Curbs Asian Currencies Gain, Led by Korea's Won, on Growth Outlook European Shares Advance to Two-Year High; Societe Generale Gains East Europe Recovery Reaches Households ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening, In the lane, snow is glistening A beautiful sight, We're happy tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland.... Later on, we'll conspire, As we dream by the fire To face unafraid, The plans that we've made, Walking ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... expectations of only a paltry increase to 54.8. This was the fourth straight monthly rise. HSBC's PMIs for India, South Korea and Taiwan also showed manufacturing expanding in these countries. Two: The European Central Bank would do what it takes to ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... stabilize consumer prices." And that, ""There have been heightened expectations of an interest rate hike soon..." Danger in Korea, Will Robinson. Oh well... just let them vapourise each other. Think the world will survive without any Korea (North and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... received negative leads from offshore trading overnight, driven by concern about weakness in the Eurozone and instability in Korea. On the ASX24 at 0720 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was two points lower at 4,617 It's a busy day ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was weaker at noon as concerns about sovereign debt in Europe linger on investor sentiment to risk. By 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had dropped 30.8 points, or 0.67 per cent, to 4,567.5. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While investors had no recourse but to leave Americans at peace to bite heartily into their Thanksgiving turkeys - markets were closed - many were still shooting down European PIGS at the same time that Koreans were shooting down each other. After sending ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... developments are being overshadowed by unthankful happenings in Europe and Asia - the PIGS in Europe and the pig in North Korea. And of course, there's China's efforts to break inflations' back (which many read as a "substantial slowdown that would remove ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... its previous day's losses. Everything that could go wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of the European Union/IMF bailout failed to allay investor fears because of the strings attached... ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving overwhelmingly positive leads from offshore trading overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0727 AEDT, the December share price index futures contract was 42 points higher at 4,628. In economics news, the Australian Bureau of ...