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Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
Having been bearish on equities for the past 18 months, there is growing evidence for cautious optimism on the part of equity investors. Equities have been pushed down by fears of a European crisis, however equity markets have "switched out of panic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... hopes for fresh easing measures to boost the world's number two economy. However, weak European data has dented recent optimism, while Wall Street and European traders have provided an anaemic lead after a three-day rally on central bank stimulus hopes ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... businesses. The blah relay that's playing at the moment could be just empty rhetoric, but if it succeeds in reviving optimism - and/or scaring the bears away - central banks and governments may not need to spend a single dime to bring animal spirits ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished higher on optimism the US and European central banks may act to stimulate their respective economies. At 0751 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... markets, climbed 3.24 (0.23 per cent) to 1,394.23. Wall Street stocks started off the week on a positive note "amid growing optimism that the European Central Bank may be set to restart its sovereign debt purchases," said Charles Schwab & Co. analysts. ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... If that's gonna be their attitude, then we wish they get what they wish for. For, as I keep harping on, it's all about optimism. We just witnessed how Draghi's words sent stocks spiralling higher and Spanish and Italian bond yields down. If bond markets ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... the coming three months went into deeper negative - minus two from minus one. Who cares? This will all be made right by optimism that the RBA's 75 bps rate cut would start flowing into the real economy anytime soon. And don't forget that China has also ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... slashed their earnings outlook. You want more. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index dropped to 91.4 in June - the lowest since October last year - from 94.4 in the previous month. That only good in America's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... Nasdaq skidded 29.44 (1.00 per cent) to 2,902.33. The National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index fell in June to its lowest reading since last October. LONDON - European shares gained but lost some of their shine ...