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They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... the home stretch folks. Soon we'll find out the answer to that seemingly eternal "will they, won't they" question? The German Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the EFSF/ESM rescue fund and the US Federal Reserve will commence ...

Market wrap morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... lunch event with its strategist Michael Power. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed slightly weaker ahead of a key German court decision about the euro zone funding package, with declines among the utilities and financial sectors leading the broader ...

Super Mario to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
"We have just taken a very important decision, it is a fully effective backstop for removing the tail risk of Europe." With these words, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi put a stop to months of speculation, hearsays and guesswork. Mario ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
The Australian sharemarket is lower, in the wake of US data showing continued weakness in the US manufacturing sector, and ahead of key market-influencing events. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 41.7 points, or 0.97 per ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
We've peered through the Hole and we saw something - we think. Now it's the Europeans turn. Yes Virginia, the Europeans are back in town! And yes, Virginia, we can tell because we're hearing the same rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
The Australian market is set for a lower start on Friday as world markets dropped due to caution ahead of a highly anticipated speech by the head of the US central bank. Expectations that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would announce new economic ...

Limboland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street finished mixed and gains on European markets despite a key German business sentiment indicator falling to its lowest level since March 2010. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... revive faltering growth. Concerns about Greece also kept investors on edge, with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel later in the day as Athens struggles to meet reform conditions for continued financial aid. Japan ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... lifted moods. Most equity indices there gained after "The Daily Telegraph" printed that Frau Merkel's man in the ECB - German ECB executive board member Jorg Asmussen - is backing ECB President Mario Draghi's plan for large-scale bond purchases. This ...