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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... The Nasdaq composite index gained 0.05 point to 2,305. LONDON - European stock exchanges advanced, overcoming Spanish deficit worries late in the day on news of a better-than-expected rise in US industrial output. The gains in Europe followed a strong ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress." Also out, the US trade deficit widened to US$40.285 billion in April as a 0.7 per cent fall in exports more than offset the 0.4 per cent decline in imports. ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
They love him, they love him not. This is what the financial markets' two-day love-in with Big Ben Bernanke appears to be indicating -- loved one day, ignored the next. Yes Virginia, although there's nothing new between his comments he made at the Woodrow ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
"My best guess is we will have a continued recovery, but it won't feel terrific." This is the future according to Ben. Spoken like a real trooper. With these words, Big Ben appears to have calmed financial markets - equity and commodity markets rose ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... persistent jitters over European public finances, while the under-siege euro firmed after Hungary said it would constrain its deficit. European markets struggled throughout the day, unable to take advantage of a positive close to trading in Asia and ...

Turning Bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... investors are opting out of risky assets. This sends equity and commodity markets falling and lifting borrowing costs for deficit-ridden countries - resulting in a confirmation of investors' fear that "the sky is falling". As markets come down, wealth ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... debt and relatively low labour costs. Compare that to Greece, with very high public sector employment and massive budget deficit." He said PIMCO remains cautious about emerging Europe sovereign debt as well, referring to countries including Poland and ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... pointed. At Spain and Portugal. Both of which announced harsh fiscal policy actions aimed at climbing out of the debt and deficit hole they dug themselves in -- their growth outlook is not looking too flash now. Portugal has frozen public sector wages ...

Rambo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
United we stand, divided... the euro's sunk! Rambo. What was Germany thinking, going it alone to battle the battalions of speculators determined to burn the euro to the ground? Germany banned the naked short selling on European government bonds, shares ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... billion in March. So what happened to forecasts of an ever-depreciating US currency? Because of its debt. Because of its deficit. What happened was that everyone got dirtied by the global financial crisis. Borrowing from Pimco's Paul McCulley and Mohamed ...