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Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... from the previous day's close. Still nothing to write home about! How did it come to this? It's Greece. It's Portugal. It's Spain. It's all those profligate spending Eurozone economies. It's their fiscal irresponsibility. It's the Eurozone's uncohesive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... been moving out of the euro throughout the week because of concerns that cost-cutting measures in countries like Greece, Spain and Portugal would slow economic activity on the continent and elsewhere. Now stock investors are also looking at those problems. ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... the package. Shocked that European authorities were able to agree -- a coup in itself -- on a common response. Shocked at Spain's deep fiscal spending cuts. But they were not awed. Sure, liquidity's back and money are now available to European economies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... was 57 points higher at 4,640 points, on volume of 16,894 contracts. CommSec market analyst Juliette Saly said news that Spain planned to cut its deficit and local employment figures had supported the market. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... restraint -- Aussies still whinging at the absence of big give-away door prizes in the Australian Federal Budget should look to Spain to put a smile on their faces. Certainly Wall Street was happy. The Dow and the S&P 500 rose by 1.4 per cent overnight ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... about contagion," he said, alluding to fears that the pressure on Greece could spread also to Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Iceland. Mr James said heavyweight sectors - resources and banking - had driven the local bourse higher. BHP Billiton had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... Trichet ruled out a Greek debt default and insisted that the problems besetting Greece were different from those faced by Spain and Portugal. The London FTSE 100 closed down 80.94 points, or 1.52 per cent at 5,260.99 points. FRANKFURT - The DAX 30 closed ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... financial markets. The same thing happened last week when Standard & Poor's downgraded Greece to junk and lowered Portugal and Spain's credit rating. I've come to accept that credit ratings agencies' credit ratings go in the "too late the hero" basket ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... amid fresh fears that a massive bailout for debt-ridden Greece would not be enough to stop its debt crisis spreading to Spain and Portugal. CMC Markets market analyst David Taylor said the local market was feeling a great deal of uncertainty stemming ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... equity markets. Financial markets engaged in a "what if?" exercise yet again. What if Portugal needs assistance? What if Spain needs a bailout? What if Ireland? What if Italy? Financial markets believe that while the European Union could cover financing ...