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Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... today? In a word... nothing. Not a thing, Virginia. Equities, Treasuries, gold and copper closed basically unchanged overnight. Sure, sure there's still plenty of things to worry about on Wall Street. The latest of which is last night's report that US ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... stupid, it's become not funny anymore. Talks about easing geo-political risk causing investors to go back into risk assets overnight -- the same way increased geo-political risk sent them away the night before. Geo-political risk down, Wall Street up. ...

Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... next as the international community vents its anger on Russia. 'twas these headlines that reportedly downed Wall Street overnight. But we surely know what comes after the dip, 'eh Virginia? The dip buyers return buying the dip. In fact, from the looks ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... following the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash in Ukraine. Wall Street retreated sharply off the back of the news overnight. The Dow Jones closed 161.39 points, or 0.94% A lower to 16,976.81 after reaching a record high in the previous session. CommSec ...

A BRICS R5 Bank is born

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... its commitment to remain easy "... for a considerable period after the asset purchase program ends". It won't happen overnight Virginia, but for sure, one day we'll get to the end of this "considerable period". But "no woman, no cry", more money's coming ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... positive overseas leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished stronger ahead of Chinese growth data to be released this ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... positive overseas leads. Wall Street was boosted by better-than-expected earnings from multinational bank Citigroup overnight, with the Dow Jones rising 0.66 per cent. Asian markets also finished stronger ahead of Chinese growth data to be released this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... meeting in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Wednesday fell heavily on a day where the negative mood among US investors overnight carried into local trading. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 58.4 points, or 1.06 per cent, lower at 5,452.5. The broader ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... after it in Portugal - Banco Espiritu Santo. Trading in scripts and bonds issued by Portugal's biggest bank were halted overnight after they fell sharply on news that "Espirito Santo International missed payments on commercial paper to "a few clients..." ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... going to keep me down." -- Chumbawamba Yes Virginia, we didn't expect anything less 'eh my lady? If it didn't happen overnight, it'll happen tomorrow... or the day after. Wall Street got knocked down over the past two trading sessions, but it got up ...