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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... markets rose despite plunging Japanese stocks, as traders digested US growth data and signs of improved confidence in the eurozone. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 0.45 per cent to 6,656.99 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index advanced 0.76 ...

William Blair targets super fund investors with 'game theory'

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... today needs to consider the instability of the current geopolitical environment. Iran and Israel, China, Japan, and the eurozone are just some of the multiple players whose agendas can complicate the pursuit of investment opportunities. "Today we have ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Here's a quiz for you gentle readers, when was the last time you felt the fear over the prospect for the eurozone? It seemed oh so long ago, doesn't it? It appears just a distant memory especially when you look at the current performance of the Europe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index added 2.21 (0.06 per cent) at 3,438.79. LONDON - European stock markets rose slightly as eurozone finance ministers met to discuss ways to clamp down on tax fraud, while the euro and US dollar hit fresh multi-year highs ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... Rockwell Global Capital said The ECB cut its benchmark interest rate last week to boost growth in the recession-mired eurozone. LONDON - Major European markets were slightly weaker, with London closed for a holiday and investors digesting solid gains ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... revised 61.9 in March. LONDON - European stock markets closed with mixed results as investors balanced mostly gloomy eurozone economic data against growing hopes of an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank, dealers say. London's FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... against the US dollar after the European Central Bank cut key rates to a record low in its latest effort to help break the eurozone from recession. At the close after choppy trade following the rate cut on Thursday, London's FTSE 100 index of top companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... HONG KONG - Tokyo stocks closed 0.44 per cent per cent lower as the yen's strength and gloomy economic data from the eurozone offset positive sentiment after the S&P 500 closed at another record high. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... revised 61.9 in March. LONDON - European stock markets closed with mixed results as investors balanced mostly gloomy eurozone economic data against growing hopes of an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank, dealers say. London's FTSE 100 index ...

Don't be disappointed if the ECB disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... a 25 bps (maybe 50?) reduction in interest rates. The continuing recession in the region, the dreadful lead from the Eurozone PMI indices and last night's disappointing euro area economic confidence in April make it even more likely that Santa Draghi's ...