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Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... cannot be fulfilled." Dream on. With these words, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble crushed financial market optimism that everything will be smooth sailing by this time next week. And it wasn't only him, comrade Merkel said almost the same ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian share market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon after gains on Wall Street and signs of optimism about a solution to the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 68.4 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 4,274 and the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian market is set to open higher on Monday on optimism that eurozone leaders are finally pushing forward to resolve the debt crisis and positive US data and corporate earnings. At 0730 AEDT on the ASX 24, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... rally on Wall Street sparked by a French and German promise to back up beleaguered eurozone banks. Adding to the sense of optimism on Tuesday was a decision by France, Belgium and Luxembourg to bail out Dexia bank, the first lender to be dragged under ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
Australian shares were higher but had pulled back from early gains by noon as investors' optimism that France and Germany will have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis waned. The local market opened about one per cent up on Tuesday on the back of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower after a credit downgrade for Italy and Spain dampened market optimism. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the Australian dollar was trading at 97.39 US cents, down from 97.75 cents on Friday. Since 1700 AEDT on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... Australia, on Thursday shares gained about $45 billion in value as the market leaped the most in almost three years on renewed optimism a solution is near for the Eurozone debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had reached its highest level since ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
The Australian share market has extended its gains from early trade as investors return to equities on renewed optimism a solution is near at hand on the eurozone debt crisis. The local bourse opened more than one per cent higher on Thursday after Wall ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... that boosts confidence and make the self-perpetuating cycle of negativism turn the other way. But... but not when that optimism is built on hope - worse, if it turns out to be false hope. Read, examine and analyse the reports that litter cycberspace ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... the Bank of Italy said, revealing a marked lack of investor confidence. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly lower as optimism over reports that China was in talks to buy huge amounts of Italian bonds was outweighed by ongoing concerns about the wider ...