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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... rising to 76 earlier this week. HONG KONG - Investors cashed in on recent gains in Asian stock markets on Thursday with optimism over the global economic recovery tempered by worse-than-expected credit data out of the United States. Hong Kong ended 0.28 ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... do we follow? The lesson of March of 2009 or the one in 2000? These are examples of two extremes at work - the extreme optimism leading to the March 2000 peak and the extreme pessimism prior to the March 2009 bottom. And in hindsight, investors would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... Nasdaq had added 10.84 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 2,284.41. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher on growing optimism that a solution will be found to Greece's debt problems and as Wall Street extended gains, dealers said. News that Athens ...

Japanese history lesson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... 19th. For 2009 marked the 20th year when those who placed their bets on Japanese equities still count their losses. The optimism and increased risk appetite for equities in 2009 may have taken the Japanese stock market index up 49.5 per cent from the ...

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
It cannot be denied that risk assets trounced defensive ones in 2009 - and by a long shot - as investor optimism surrounding the global recovery gathered pace. But as 2009 became 2010, investors seemed not too sure. Suddenly investors are not so sure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... home sales numbers. A National Association of Realtors' report showing a big jump in October home sales revived investor optimism after disappointing data on the housing industry last week raised concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. ...

You're dreaming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2009
... this level was in October 2003. That's only six, isn't it? But why quibble about a few months. The point is that given optimism and the positive turn of economic indicators in the Australian economy, financial markets are now expecting the jobless rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... finished flat despite news that machinery orders increased by a forecast-beating 10.5 per cent in September, fuelling optimism about recovery in the world's number two economy. Dealers welcomed the economic data but players took profits in late trade ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... ease. Most are now expecting the single-currency area's real GDP to post positive growth in the third quarter. Given this optimism, the rally in Eurozone equities over the past few months is hardly surprising. The Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Index has appreciated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... lenders. ICBC and Bank of China ended at two-year highs. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market failed to catch a wave of optimism that lifted other markets on Tuesday, though volume was boosted by a sale of Auckland Airport shares by Infratil. The ...