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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... closed higher, extending gains to a seventh straight day after largely positive US corporate results bolstered growing optimism. London's FTSE 100 index gained 37.55 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 4,481.17 points. FRANKFURT - The Dax rose 63.82 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... 1.14 per cent to 951.13. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher, extending last week's sharp gains on growing optimism. London's FTSE 100 index gained 54.87 points, or 1.25 per cent, at 4,443.62 points. FRANKFURT - The Dax rose 51.75 points, or ...

RBNZ could go zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... year. However, his statement that the RBNZ cash rate target could stay at record lows until late next year betrayed this optimism. It appears that the RBNZ is now paying the price for its delayed reaction to the global financial crisis. The central bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... 3,218.46 points. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.6 per cent on Friday after strong results at JPMorgan boosted optimism about corporate earnings, but gains were capped by political uncertainty ahead of an election next month. The Nikkei-225 climbed ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... 70.8. While the result remains above this cycle's low of 55.3 set last November, it had taken back all - yes, all - the optimism that has built up over the past three months. Likewise, what looked like good news was spun into bad. The US trade deficit ...

Super jobs bonanza

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... funds - people are looking for information and that's where the biggest opportunities are," said Doyle. Hay's report and optimism about jobs in super come at a time when the unemployment rate is at a six year high. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures ...

Second half jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... Stimulus Mark II? Just look at what we have in the second half of 2009 and even beyond. Although faltering recently, optimism has replaced the deep pessimism of only six months ago. National governments and central banks have bet everything including ...

Another red-lettered year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... expect another superannuation statement detailing your losses for the 2008/2009 financial year. The good news is that optimism has risen from the abyss, fundamentals are starting to improve and the mountain of money dumped by central banks and national ...

Up, Down, Flat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... S&P 500 index paints a different picture. It has fallen only once - Monday US time -- over the past four days, proving optimism that we have already left behind the low of the lows back in early March 2009. The same message could be inferred from the ...

Aussies cling to shares: ASX

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... market downturn and volatility were the major perpetrators of the drop. The ASX however maintains that there are "signs of optimism and resilience among Australian investors" in spite of the crisis. For instance, the level of direct-only investors have ...