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NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
New Zealand's major banks had their credit ratings cut by Moody's Investors Services on Friday as the rating's agency followed through on an earlier downgrade of their Australian parent institutions. ANZ National Bank, ASB Bank (subsidiary of Australia's ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
Houston, it seems we've lost May. With two trading days to go this month - one for Wall Street because of the Memorial Day holiday in the US - "sell in May then go away" is in the bag - unless of course, there's a sudden whiff of euphoria, or perhaps ...

London hedge fund banking on Twitter

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
UK investment boutique Derwent Capital Markets is putting its faith in social media, launching a hedge fund that bases investments on real time insight into the "fear and greed" aspect of financial markets. The $40 million fund, launched earlier this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Thursday after Wall Street ended a three-day losing streak to close moderately higher. Oil and metals rose in overnight trade, too. On the ASX 24 at 0700 AEST, the June share price index futures contract ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
The Australian share market opened slightly lower, dragged down by European debt concerns but balanced by a surge in oil and energy stocks. At 1013 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.8 points lower at 4,628, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Tuesday after Wall Street closed flat overnight while European and Asian markets generally were higher. Oil and metals rose. On the ASX 24 at 0717 AEST, the June share price index futures contract ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
By the looks of it all, Harold Camping - the real prophet of doom - stood a better chance predicting a stock market crash this week than "Judgement Day" at 6PM (US time) on 21 May 2011. But you would have done well by your investments if you believed ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
Brace yourselves people for this would be a longer-than-usual piece. Get that Monday-itis off your systems. There's work to be done, money to be made! During my weekend reading, I came across an article by a fellow named Danny Furman. His resume says ...

Ratings round up

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Ratings agencies this week left fund managers alone but focused on the banks. Standard and Poor's yesterday left its rating on AMP Capital Core Property Fund unaffected after the resignation of Michael Winnel, the assistant fund manager. Winnel will ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
Surprise, surprise! There were more negative/depressing data releases over the past 24 hours than over the past few "days of fear" combined, yet most equity markets ended on the up and up. No Virginia, I'm not talking about ol' Dominique Strauss-Kahn ...