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Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... course of action. Equity markets dropped big time overnight from New York to Rio and old London town - and of course, the Eurozone - for unlike previous episodes when hope reigns heading into one of those euro summits, many, if not most, appear to have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... as Europe's leaders appeared still-divided on how they will address their crisis in the coming crunch summit for the eurozone. Research in Motion's 7.6 per cent drop on a downgrade from Morgan Stanley led a broad fall in tech stocks; Hewlett-Packard ...

Fundamentally challenged

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... - from 54.0 last month. Markit's PMI releases also showed continuing contraction in factory activity in China and the Eurozone. China's PMI fell to 48.1 in June from 48.4 in the previous month. The euro area's index decelerated to 44.8 from 45.1 in May ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... rose versus the dollar as traders also digested the outcome of a G20 summit aimed at stamping out fires in the 17-nation eurozone. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index added 0.64 per cent to 5,622.29 points. In Frankfurt the DAX 30 rose 0.45 ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... hasn't only claimed victory as Greece's new leader - and game of chicken captain - but he may have just pulled out the Eurozone from a near death experience... for now at least. Phew! What relief. Gauging from the currency markets' reaction - euro up ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... Greece as investors appeared to bet on fresh stimulus from the United States and Europe to boost growth and fight the eurozone crisis. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 0.22 perc ent to 5,478.81 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 rose 1.48 ...

All eyes on Germany ahead of Greek elections

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
National elections at the weekend will be crucial in deciding if Greece stays in the eurozone or not, with polls indicating that left-wing party Syriza is on equal standing with pro-austerity party New Democracy. Syriza has threatened to tear up stringent ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... everyone and his dog are expecting the worst and presumably have already accounted for the risk of a Grexit and/or a Eurozone bang. Only two more sleeps - or sleepless nights - to go.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... cent, or 22.97 points, to close at 2,295.95. However, Seoul gained 0.65 per cent, or 12.16 points, to 1,871.48. With the eurozone's 100 billion euros ($A127 billion) loan for Spain's banking sector almost a distant memory, the country has seen its borrowing ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... "Investors not surprisingly remain apprehensive about the short to medium term economic outlook, particularly in regard to the Eurozone debt crises and the massive but still unresolved US budget deficits." NAB/MLC now ranks at the top of market share ...