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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... said. Moody's also cut debt ratings for Slovenia, Slovakia and Malta, and placed negative outlooks on France, the UK and Austria. Moody's said the nine nations were more susceptible to increasing financial and macroeconomic risks from the euro area crisis. ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Standard & Poor's was at it - slashing - again last night. After lopping off one A out of France's and Austria's AAA credit rating at the end of last week, it did the same for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). According to S&P: "We consider ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... euro remained under pressure after Standard & Poor's cut the credit rating of nine European nations, including France and Austria's triple-A status. The news brought the eurozone debt crisis back to the forefront with traders looking ahead to a crucial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... fresh wave of risk aversion ahead of more Chinese data this week. Standard & Poor's (S&P) on Friday stripped France and Austria of their triple-A status and downgraded seven debt-laden European countries. Global markets posted a muted reaction to the ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... A), Slovakia (A) and Slovenia (A+) doesn't really matter that much. The chop that matters is the one given to France and Austria. Both countries lost their triple-A and are now rated AA+ -- the same as America. Only Germany, The Netherlands, Finland ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... also 0.4 per cent, at 4,255.4. NEW YORK - US stocks clawed back early sharp losses on S&P's downgrade of France, Spain, Austria and Italy and new worries over Greece Friday, but still ended the day in the red. At the close the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... only last 29th October and Greece is already junked. S&P warned that of the 15 Eurozone members, six countries - Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Finland - face a one-notch downgrade while the remaining nine are staring at a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... ratings firm Standard & Poor's was poised to announce later on Monday that its was putting Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, and Luxembourg on "creditwatch negative" due to the deepening eurozone public debt crisis, the Financial Times ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
SYDNEY, Nov 16 AAP - The Australian dollar was slightly higher as the increased cost of borrowing for European governments weighed on market sentiment. At 0700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.93 US cents, up from 101.81 cents ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
The Grinch may be stealing Xmas from Europe but Santa Claus is coming to town in America. Yes folks, we're still so many sleeps away from the 12 days of Christmas but I'm already on Christmas countdown - I'll explain why later. And yes to you too gentle ...