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China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Sanctions? You call that sanctions? Putin must be LOL-in' after hearing the news that Europe has imposed "sanctions" by freezing the assets of 21 Russian and Crimean officials and imposing travel bans on them. The US imposed the same "sanctions" on ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... gains on Wall Street driven by better-than-expected earnings from Amazon and Microsoft and solid results from Procter & Gamble and UPS. At 0816 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 5,418. No major economic ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Nothing to report today folks. It's one of those days in the financial markets that call for a hashtag instead. I still am a twit when it comes to twitting (or is it tweeting?) but thanks to my editor, the twit (or is it tweet?) would read something ...

Skaffold to set up alert service

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... access key financial data and forecast information on global giants Apple, Google, General Electric, Chevron, Procter & Gamble, Singapore Airlines and even Facebook if they so wish," Batchelor said at the time. "We think also that the well documented ...

Most equity investors upping overseas exposure: survey

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... access key financial data and forecast information on global giants Apple, Google, General Electric, Chevron, Procter & Gamble, Singapore Airlines and even Facebook if they so wish," said Batchelor. "We think also that the well documented growth of self-managed ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... indicator of the strength of anti-European feeling." - aimed to secure better EU membership terms for Britain, Cameron's "gamble" has introduced a fresh uncertainty in the markets. From a broader European perspective, it might encourage other EU countries ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The results are all in. The week of punting is over... almost. And what have we got? A few lucky ones who gambled their life savings on "Green Moon" to win the Melbourne Cup and those who chose the seven winning numbers in Australia's A$100 million ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... modest gains on Thursday as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 26.34 points (0.20 per cent) to 13,103.68. The broad-based ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... have made modest gains as durable goods orders and weekly unemployment claims came in better than expected and Procter & Gamble earnings beat forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 26.34 points (0.20 per cent) to 13,103.68. The broad-based ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... has been seen as a less volatile way of accessing the same theme," Oliver said referring to the likes of Apple, Procter & Gamble and Nestle. The types of companies that are performing well overseas are in the tech, pharmaceutical, consumer staples and ...