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Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... weeks ago when many nearly wet their pants after many things evil our way came - Argentina, Banco Espiritu Santo, Putin, Iraq, slow growth, fast growth, deflation, inflation, overvaluation, bubble - you name it. Yes Virginia, just two weeks ago investors ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... rebounded sharply as traders breath a sigh of relief over easing tensions in east Ukraine and gains by Western-backed forces in Iraq. Frankfurt's main DAX index added 1.68 per cent to end Monday at 9,245.33. London's benchmark FTSE 100 gained 0.78 per ...

Fear me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... 17.03 read reached on the 1st of August when the markets faced the sum of all its fears - Argentina default, Putin, Israel, Iraq, slow growth in China, faster growth in the US that could prompt earlier rate hike by the Fed - that instigated speculation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... extending its recovery from sharp falls last week fuelled by Washington's announcement that it had authorised air strikes in Iraq. Sydney jumped 1.34 per cent, or 73.3 points, to 5,530.30, Seoul rose 0.10 per cent, or 2.10 points, to 2,041.47 and Hong ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Ukraine." Shush, don't state the obvious. Happy days are here again for Obama successfully diverted attention from Russia into Iraq by announcing his "humanitarian mission" there. Barack could also be giving Putin a way out by pretending to take Putin ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... dropped 3.3 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 5,500.7 points EW YORK - US stocks have finished lower as advances by jihadists in Iraq trumped encouraging labour-market data and spurred talk of possible military action by the US. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Humanitarian you, humanitarian me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... race 'ey? Obama started the joke. Time magazine reported on 7 August that "Obama Authorizes Air Strikes, Humanitarian Aid in Iraq".... which started Putin laughing. On 8 August, ITAR-TASS News Agency printed that, "President Vladimir Putin has assembled ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... set to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher despite the US ordering air strikes and food and water drops in northern Iraq. At 0805 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 5,413. In local economic news ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... countries". Defence spending has already increased significantly in the US to fund its War - on Terror, in Afghanistan and Iraq - and still rising, and would increase even more should 'em big boys take us back to the days of the Cold War. Welcome back ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... and Banco Espiritu Santo (again), there's increased geo-political risks - Putin and the Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc - and rising volatility, there's the IMF "advising" China to slow its economic growth, there's the US economy ...