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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... euro managed to climb against the US dollar. European markets had advanced in early trading on Monday on a media report the ECB would intervene in debt markets to keep government borrowing costs lower, but turned down after ECB and German officials dismissed ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... that nagging feeling that it's the calm before the storm and it's only the hope, the prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a big enough umbrella for protection. "I believe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Canada, which appeared to give solid backing for the European Central Bank (ECB). Traders took the comments to mean that Mrs Merkel could be warming to the possibility of the ECB buying bonds from weak ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... will be sure to fulfil this year's economic and social development targets." Looks like the PBOC will beat the Fed and the ECB to the punch. ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic insight, review and analysis through his subscriber-only ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... market expectations or what we call in the jargon, factored in. This brings us to... more guessing on when the EU and the ECB would turn rhetoric into real action. Same old, same old for the state of the States too. July retail sales rose by 0.8%, better ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... easing announcement/action, the greater the likelihood that there won't be any QE. Why else do you think, the Fed and the ECB didn't walk their talks last week? The financial markets' rally in recent weeks removed the justification for 'em to walk. This ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... of 1,400 and 3,000, respectively. Stocks were driven higher "as investors speculate on upcoming stimulus measures from the ECB," Wells Fargo Advisors analysts said. LONDON - Europe's stock markets advanced for the third day running on upbeat corporate ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... spokesman for another somebody) - German government spokesman Georg Streiter - hinted of Germany's apparent support for the ECB's plan to buy EU bonds. There's hope once more! Speaking of hope, Sunday (5 August) marked the anniversary when Standard & ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Newton John Yes, yes yo Virginia. After only a day of making their disappointments felt at the "all talk, do nothing" Fed and ECB, investors are back hoping and wishing and praying that perhaps - just perhaps - there will still be some kind of stimulus ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... Thursday. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets closed down and the euro has come under renewed pressure after the European Central Bank (ECB) dashed traders' hopes for strong action to support troubled eurozone economies. Downbeat earnings reports from two ...