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Strong period for markets ahead: K2

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... implications for growth going forward," said Thomson. K2 said issues to watch going forward will be whether measures taken by ECB and the Federal Reserve are working and what is happening in equity markets. "We have just come out of what was one of the ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... contraction territory with a reading of 49 in February and inflation quickened to 2.7% in the year to February - above the ECB's 2.0% target ceiling. Ahh yes, the Middle East and the price of oil, it's also on our list. It's now above US$110 a barrel ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... Poor's just downgraded Greek debt to a "selective default" classification? And this, a day before the European Central Bank (ECB) conducts another 3-year LTRO - long-term re-financing operation. Tell someone who cares. It certainly looks that way, doesn't ...

The martyrdom of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... road. Equity markets ex Greece are safe, for now. But not Greece. Will company profits in Greece now soar because the EU/IMF/ECB's still to be disbursed a,-130 bil is gonna improve economic and business conditions in the country? Have you seen the violent ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... their attention back to the Greeks and their seemingly never-ending negotiations with their benefactors - the IMF, the EU, the ECB... and private creditors. Ahhh, but it would end soon enough. One way or the other, demands and contra-demands would come ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
... Additionally, reports that banks would use an upcoming offer of very cheap three-year funds from the European Central Bank (ECB) to source twice or even three times the nearly 500 billion euros ($A618.77 billion) they took in December added to the positive ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... bourses. Reports that Greece could have a new debt deal in place by the end of the week and news that the European Central Bank (ECB) has been buying Portuguese bonds in the secondary market boosted European shares overnight. A fresh agreement from all ...

Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... there. As a result, most European equity indices fell by more than 1% while we slept. And to think the European Central Bank's (ECB) long-term refinancing operation (LTRO) that injected liquidity into the banking system was doing just fine in calming ...

Covered bonds losing their shine: S&P

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... would be lower or flat compared to 2011 due mainly to peripheral countries wanting to retain covered bonds as collateral for ECB refinancing," said Roger Bridges, head of fixed income at Tyndall AM. "Second, the amount of covered bond maturity in 2012 ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... 2.7% in December from 3.0% in the previous month while core consumer prices remained unchanged at 1.6%. Good news for the ECB if it's thinking of engaging in some stimulating. German economic sentiment improves markedly. The ZEW Economic Sentiment Indicator ...