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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... billion), over the next year. LONDON - European stock markets were mixed and the euro advanced against the US dollar as eurozone finance ministers met in Brussels after last week's EU budget deal. Supermarkets were in focus on Monday as a Europe-wide ...

Serpentine fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... first-half before becoming turbulent in the second half of the year... there would be no full recovery in the crisis-hit eurozone, while the economy of the United States would not gather a strong pace until 2014." Singapore's "Grand Master" Tan Khoon ...

Gone in 60 seconds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... equity market train after it paused on jitters, concerns, trepidations and worries over political uncertainties in the Eurozone -- Spain's top honcho Mariano Rajoy could be booted out of office and Italy could see the bunga bunga boy Signor Berlusconi ...

"Others" are still fearful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... well. Until last night. And thank you for last night. It wasn't so much reports that fresh political instability in the Eurozone could disturb the "peace" there, disrupt fiscal and monetary efforts to make it whole again and threaten the single currency ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... teenie-weenie Greece threatened to go it alone - never mind the GFC, that was oh so long ago. Fear of a Grexit led to fears of a eurozone that'll lead to a European depression and financial market turmoil that'll spark a US double dip - exacerbated of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... to 7,833.39 points and in Paris the CAC climbed 1.10 per cent to 3,773.53 points, with data showing improvement in the eurozone manufacturing sector helping sentiment. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Tokyo boosted by further weakness in the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... fretted over the shrinking US economy and a flood of company earnings news, with Madrid hit hard by poor results from eurozone banking giant Santander. London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies closed down 0.73 per cent to 6,276.88 points as investors ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... slid while the euro gained on news the US economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter last year and on bright eurozone confidence data. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading companies lost 0.25 per cent to 6,323.11 points, while in Frankfurt ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... the old-age dependency ratio and unemployment as well as stagnant growth and political upheaval - all prevalent in the eurozone - would add to the risk. The EDHEC-Risk Institute analysis concludes that investors and rating agencies must be more vigilant ...