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Instos urged to grab sovereign debt chance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... Towers Watson. Britton recommends looking beyond a standard global bond benchmark, which are packed with low reward US and Japanese treasuries, paying close to 1.9% and 1% respectively. "A better way is to get a good diversified benchmark and we've been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... offered to inject US dollars into lenders squeezed by the eurozone debt crisis. The European Central Bank and its US, Japanese, Swiss and British counterparts announced on Thursday they would act in concert to lend US dollars to banks facing a shortage ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... beliefs that the economy is stagnating. But stock prices surged again after the European Central Bank, along with its US, Japanese, Swiss and British counterparts, announced they would act in concert to inject extra US dollar liquidity into banks facing ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... few weeks ago, that rather than dumping US bonds many global investors perversely bought even more as switching into Japanese bonds was hardly a path to reducing portfolio risk. Vindicating this move is Japan's subsequent downgrade and yet another prime ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... dipped 0.67 per cent, Lisbon lost 0.74 per cent, Milan dropped 0.97 per cent and Madrid fell 1.37 per cent. Against the Japanese currency, the dollar fell to 76.65 yen from 77.45 yen the prior day, and the pound was trading at $1.6368, up from $1.6279. ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... yesterday. According to Moody's website, "The rating downgrade is prompted by large budget deficits and the build-up in Japanese government debt since the 2009 global recession. Several factors" (in particular, the 11 March earthquake and Fukushima nuclear ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... there was a rumour that the Bank of Japan may intervene again to stop the yen's rise. A strong yen is harmful to the Japanese economy because it reduces the value of foreign earnings for companies that export cars, electronics and other manufactured ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... new post World War II low against the yen after a Wall Street Journal report cited Japan's top currency official saying Japanese authorities do not plan to intervene often to prevent the yen from rising too higher. The Australian dollar was at 79.75 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... of major takeover deals, boosting European markets, after Asian markets moved ahead sharply on figures that showed the Japanese economy is doing better than expected. Also overnight, the European Central Bank revealed it spent 22 billion euros ($A30.44 ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... into Japan has strengthened the yen - a sure depressing development in this export-dependent economy. I still recall Japanese firms mentioning their break-even point at 80 yen to US$1. Even with yesterday's intervention that brought it down to 79.22 ...