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Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... along. That is, that Europe remains a major risk. That there'll be violent market reactions - up or down - whenever a Eurozone member country goes to the market for refunding, and the elections in France and Greece would produce an extra layer of uncertainty ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... impact from the weekend votes in France and Greece which cast doubt on the path of financial reform across the troubled eurozone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 29.74 points (0.23 per cent) to 13,008.68, pulled lower by mild falls from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... fell sharply and the euro lost ground but French borrowing rates eased as traders braced for weekend elections in two eurozone nations. Weak US jobs data undermined investor sentiment on both sides of the Atlantic. London's FTSE 100 index lost 1.93 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at record lows but gave no indication of when or if it may give the eurozone economy a further boost. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies edged up 0.15 per cent to close up 5,766.55 points ...

The revival of stock picking

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... things like earnings and cash flows and valuations. Everyone was primarily concerned with big macro factors like the Eurozone crisis, the US debt ceiling and whether China was going to have a hard or soft landing," said Dan Higgins, chief investment ...

Mexican standoff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... all three indices slipping lower, prompted by weak US consumer spending data and ongoing worries about Spain and the eurozone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 14.68 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 13,213.63, while the S&P 500 index lost 5.45 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... with all three indices slipping lower, helped by weak US consumer spending data and ongoing worries about Spain and the eurozone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 14.68 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 13,213.63, while the S&P 500 index lost ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... in weaker-than-expected US headline growth data, offsetting record Spanish jobless figures that stoked concerns on the eurozone. US growth slowed sharply to 2.2 per cent in the first quarter from 3.0 per cent in the last three months of 2011 but consumer ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... thought that it would be smooth sailing for Europe this year (or even the next). Hands up all those who thought that the Eurozone would dodge a recession or that many of its members would be able to bring down their debts and deficits substantially this ...