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Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... "even deeper slide"? It's up 17.0% between the report's publication and last week (and that's with Brexit). Even the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.38%, a big gain from RBS' predicted 10-20% correction. According to 'The Economist magazine, equities are the only ...

Register for the Financial Standard ETF Forum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... ETF providers including iShares by BlackRock, State Street Global Advisors, Magellan and VanEck. Index providers MSCI and STOXX will also be on hand to share the latest developments in market indices. The ETF market has grown 43% p.a. in the past three ...

ANZ ETFS readies Eurozone ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... launch an exchange traded fund which provides unhedged exposure to leading companies in the Eurozone. The ANZ ETFS Euro Stoxx 50 ETF, which will have the ASX ticker code ESTX, will track the Eurozone's largest and most liquid index of blue-chip stocks. ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... response to the European Central Bank's (ECB) announcement of more stimulus measures, this proved temporary with the Euro Stoxx 50 surging by 3.5% on Friday last week, taking its weekly gain up by 1.2% over the week (though it remains 5.9% below its ...

Four bazookas and a phrase

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... Eurosystem's main refinancing operations prevailing at the time of take-up." Equity markets in the Eurozone were happy. The Euro Stoxx 50 surged by 3.7% from the previous day's closing immediately following the announcement. The announcement had its ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... globe dropped -- big time -- at the start of the first trading week of this year. The S&P 500 index ended 6.0% lower; the Stoxx 600 index dropped by 6.7%; the Nikkei-225 index retreated by 7.0%; the FTSE-100 index lost 5.3% and the All Ordinaries index ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... The euro had been steadily depreciating since then - it dropped to US$1.12 on 22 October from US$1.14 the day before. The Stoxx 600 went from 362.64 points to 369.99 points; and, 10-year bond yields dropped from 0.57% to 0.50%. And this trend persisted ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Ho ho ho and ha ha ha. The truth is out. Wall Street dipped overnight and so did the Euro Stoxx 50 - after their strong gains of the past week because, wait for it......because investors suddenly realised that the ECB and the PBOC's early Christmas ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Virginia, Super Mario returned overnight and shot down the euro, putting smiles on the faces of holders of Eurozone stocks - Stoxx 600 up 2.4% -- and bonds - 10-year yields fell across the region. The euro dropped to as low as US$1.1085 while we slept ...