Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 491 - 500 of 1396 results for "Fallen"

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Ratings downgrade to trigger hybrid sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... said it will downgrade the securities within weeks. Prices on the several of the largest hybrids on the ASX have already fallen by $4-5 and are now below issue price in many cases. FIIG head of markets Craig Swanger said S&P's move, which it flagged ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... to date. And oh, this is compounded by the drop in price of that other metal dug from the ground. Spot gold prices have fallen to a nine-month low of US$1,214.70 an ounce. A function of the rising US dollar which, in turn, is a function of speculation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... existing-home sales fell 1.8 per cent in August, following four straight months of gains. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets have fallen, with London dragged down by losses to heavyweight mining shares and a fresh profit warning from supermarket group ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... billionaires control a total of US$97 billion between them. However, the aggregate wealth of billionaires in the region has fallen 2% since 2013. It is the only region in the survey to have seen a fall. Meanwhile, Asia has experienced the fastest growth ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... millions. A look at the latest Japanese indicators suggests that Japan remains in the woods. Japanese business confidence has fallen to 12 in the June quarter from 17 in the three-months to March. Why shouldn't they? Japanese consumers are still not ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 38.1 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 5407.3, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 34.8 points, or 0.64 per cent, at 5411.4, according to preliminary figures. NEW YORK - The Dow has closed at a fresh record ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... 'The Stock Trader's Almanac', is when the stock averages, on average, performs the poorest. Since 1970, the S&P 500 has fallen by 0.7%, the Dow by 1.1% and the Nasdaq (since 1971) by 1.0% -- on average - during Septembers. Investopedia says that: "There ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... with the exception of the miners," he said. "There's an element of having been oversold there, given how much miners have fallen in the past month." BHP Billiton was 22 cents higher at $35.72, while Rio Tinto rose 10 cents to $61.66 and Fortescue Metals ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... early gains made by the benchmark index diminish," CMC Markets sales trader Niall King said. Rio Tinto and Telstra had fallen after opening higher, while BHP and CBA had been weak since the start of trade, he said. The release of better than expected ...