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The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... GDP: minus 15.4 per cent Debt as a percentage of GDP: 127.1 per cent 10 February 2010 -- Among the three governments -- Spain (Aaa), Portugal (Aa2) and Greece (A2) -- whose public finances are currently the focus of much market speculation, only Greece ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... they don't. This is not out of benevolence but because of fear that once Greece goes, there goes Ireland and Portugal and Spain and Italy - and soon, the entire Eurozone. Oh and in case you've forgotten QE2 is ending this month and emerging market central ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... printing the prospect of a Greek default in the headlines. The reasoning being that if Greek defaults, Ireland and Portugal and Spain and Italy are in the hock. And soon it'll be the entire Eurozone. Moody's is the torchbearer on this one - warning of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... outlook downgrade of Italy's debt while Greece was under pressure over a possible restructuring and regional elections in Spain cast doubts on the government's future. Tokyo ended up 0.17 per cent, or 16.54 points, at 9,477.17 after falling 1.52 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... mortgage rates as well." Trading on overseas markets overnight was gripped by fears over the solvency of Greece and concerns Spain, or even Italy, may be dragged into the turmoil that has already seen three euro countries bailed out. Three of the big ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... Standard & Poor's found a bigger fish to fry, cutting Italy's credit outlook from stable to negative. There's trouble in Spain too with the huge losses suffered by Prime Minister Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party at the local and regional elections. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... back some of its losses. Another steep downgrade of Greece's credit rating, a warning on Italy's debt and a major defeat of Spain's ruling party caused new worries about Europe's debt crisis. Fears that Europe's debt troubles could escalate, as they ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... led by a 1.25 per cent jump in French stocks. Say what? Has the sovereign debt crisis there been resolved? Au contraire, Spain (the big problem child) reportedly wasn't able to sell all the government bonds it wanted to sell even at higher yields. The ...

Profits fly high on planes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Wealth. IGAF said it diversifies its assets and geographical risk across Australia, Germany, Brazil, India, China, Canada, Spain and Saudi Arabia. IGAF recently announced it had increased the size of its portfolio to A$1billion. The fund's portfolio ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... out of Europe. Sovereign bond yields jumped overnight led by none other than the PIGIS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Spain). The trigger? Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told his country's Die Welt newspaper that Greece might need ...