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Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... Fund (IMF) for the Greek rescue. The deal was that Eurozone countries would provide half of the non-subsidised loans to Greece, the IMF the rest. At least German Chancellor Angela Merkel is consistent. Herr Merkel noted that Germany would support IMF ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... water..." (Jaws 2) Yes, Virginia...just when financial markets looked like they're finally getting used to the idea that Greece - for all its foibles - would not be left in ruins, Fitch comes along and spooks the bejeesus out of them once again. Note ...

PIMCO Australia draws record $30bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... many of the new mandates, said Dorrian. But the question on every fixed income investor's mind is: what does PIMCO make of Greece's risk of defaulting against its sovereign debts. The country is one of the four labeled at most risk of defaulting, the ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Republican Scott Brown won Massachusetts because his victory put this health bill in doubt? Other reports pointed back at Greece for the market's good cheer. An unnamed German official was quoted saying that the European Union would help Greece is the ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... news behind the headlines talk about the slumped in commodity prices (AFR) - oil in particular - as the US dollar rose as Greece's problem resurfaced. Does this make any sense at all? Perhaps. For speculators and day traders, that is. This offers them ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... expiration of futures and options contracts, known as the "quadruple-witching" hour. LONDON - The financial turmoil gripping Greece and the eurozone's struggles to forge a common position on the crisis weighed on European stock markets Friday, with most ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... not dipping its toes in." Drivers for the conservative holding pattern included uncertainty over Europe's aid package for Greece and the withdrawal of the US government's stimulus package, scheduled for March 31, he said. "You've got the China Syndrome ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... LONDON - European stock markets wobbled on investor unease over ineffectual EU efforts to resolve a debt crisis gripping Greece. The mining sector came under particular pressure as the dollar firmed against the euro, with the Greek turmoil taking a toll ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... 926.7 million on Monday. LONDON - European investors gave a positive response to a European Union contingency plan to save Greece from default, sending share prices sprinting higher on Tuesday. But analysts said trading was tentative as markets awaited ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... Europeans are busily trying to find a way to hang speculators that they believe helped create - if not created - the crisis Greece - and Portugal, and Spain, and...-- now finds itself in. And for good measure, they are now having a gabfest about creating ...