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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower after overnight falls on US and European bourses as confidence from the Federal Reserve's stimulus measures fade and concern over the euro zone's debt returns. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the December ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... evidence. Ten days after the ECB unveiled OMTs last 6 September, the DJ Stoxx 600 index has gained just 1.0% -- since the German court's approval of the ESM on the 12th, up 0.6%. Since the Fed's QE announcement on 13 September, the S&P 500 index has ...

Quest for lower volatility spurs new Aus EM fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
Capital International has launched an Australian fund version of its Emerging Markets Total Opportunities strategy, aimed at capturing growth while dampening volatility. The objective-based strategy focuses on investing in a range of traded securities ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... and related gadgets. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell, extending the previous day's losses, despite improving German investor sentiment as traders chose profits after last week's strong gains. The benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.47 per cent ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

J.P. Morgan buys into online shopping

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... East Asia's fastest growing e-tailer, Lazada. The investment for an undisclosed amount was made via Lazada's controversial German owner, Rocket Internet. Rocket Internet GmbH is an online start-up company that clones successful internet sites and replicates ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... declining unemployment". And on the seventh day, the game changed. In a span of exactly one week, Super Mario's OMTs, the German Court's tick of approval of the ESM bailout fund and Big Ben's bazooka might just be enough to convince all and sundry of ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... index gained 34.8 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 4,383.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks followed European markets higher after a German court gave its approval to the eurozone's permanent crisis fund, opening the door to more aid to embattled Spain. The Dow ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... Australian shares have opened slightly higher as investors remain cautious ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting and a German court decision on the eurozone debt rescue fund. At 1018 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.5 points ...