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Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... global financial crisis to date - Europe sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its AAA credit rating, North Korea, Iran, etc. - at 1334.8 points, the S&P 500 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... forming a pro-euro coalition government, easing, at least briefly, deep fears that the election would unleash an economic tsunami. As central banks stood ready to intervene in case of financial turmoil, Greece held its second election in six weeks after ...

Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... risk forecasts. "The only benchmark to see a decline in risk on a year-ago basis was Japan, reflecting the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in the first quarter of 2011. "Correlations were down very sharply for most of the quarter but 20-day correlations ...

Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... in this spot of bother just last year? America hit a soft patch, Europe was in crisis, Japan had the earthquake and the tsunami that blew up its nuclear reactors, the Middle East was in turmoil with the Arab Spring and there was talk that China would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... lower against the euro. Tokyo surged 2.36 per cent, or 236.91 points, to 10,255.15, its highest level since the quake-tsunami on March 11 last year. Seoul climbed 1.02 per cent, or 20.57 points, to 2,039.76. Hong Kong jumped 1.83 per cent, or 378.05 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... percent, or 55.50 points, to 10,086.49 in the first trading day after ending Monday at its highest level since the quake-tsunami disaster in March last year. The market was closed Tuesday for a public holiday. Hong Kong shed 0.15 percent, or 31.61 points ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... fiscal year than projected a month ago as rebuilding continues on the northeast coast devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of a year ago." For the US, "While the pace of economic growth is seen slowing in the first quarter compared to the final months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... 4,262.7. In Tokyo, data showed Japan's annual industrial output fell 3.5 per cent in 2011 - hit by the March 11 quake-tsunami and floods in Thailand - but rose by a more-than-expected four per cent in December. It also showed household spending saw its ...

2011: hits and misses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... Hosni Mubarak stepped down peacefully but Libya's Qadaffi was murdered off his throne.... an earthquake, followed by a tsunami that set off a nuclear disaster devastated Japan and interrupted production in the country and supply chains around the world ...

Fund managers out-invest school kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... week period from March 3 and the second being the 10 week period from August 18. The games coincided with the Japanese tsunami and then the mid year European inspired worldwide market meltdown. In game one only 20% of student investors turned a profit ...