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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... a revised May rate of 267,000, a record low. Economists cautioned against reading too much into the increase. Market optimism also came from the US corporate earnings front. As many companies lived up to expectations of higher-than-expected profits ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... Hang Seng index rose 0.64 per cent, or 129.75 points, to 20,560.81 on turnover of $HK54.81 billion ($A7.98 billion). Optimism about the US corporate earnings season was held in check by the approach of economic data from China and the United States ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... recovery. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets rose at the end of a largely solid week for share prices caused by stronger optimism over the economy, traders said. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 27.49 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 5,132.94 points. ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... to crash, then it must be headed up. The same way as pessimism has tendency to feed on itself, the market's new-found optimism, if it continues, could aid in making this positive prophecy self-fulfilling.

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... out fund. The auction result could send the markets into another tailspin (if poor) or a rebound by providing enough optimism that the crisis is petering out (if good). Meanwhile... there's nothing wrong with sitting on the sidelines.

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... widens the deficit. Result? The deficit to GDP ratio stays the same. To me this is a better proposition because of the optimism that faster economic growth could engender -- maybe not on financial markets as we've seen over the past few months -- but ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... Enhance the RMB Exchange Rate Flexibility" statement on its website over the weekend. You could almost smell the aroma of optimism in the air. Toot those vuvuzelas! China is revaluing the yuan! Everyone rejoice! "Experts" have all come out of the woodwork ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... gains in Europe followed a strong showing on Asian markets on Tuesday, where momentum was driven by rising oil prices and optimism over global economic prospects. Spanish press reports said the International Monetary Fund was working with the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... less than 0.02 per cent, at 2,243.96. LONDON - European stock markets showed solid gains, with investors showing renewed optimism about the state of the world economy following positive data from Europe and Japan. News of a reduction in British borrowing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... Mr Bishop said. "We've not been getting a flood of phone calls in the brokerage offices, but it's nice to see a bit of optimism about," he said.