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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a non-descript finish on Wall Street overnight and European bourses fell after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for powerful action to fix the eurozone debt crisis. At 0759 AEST ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... expectations - and the July index of leading indicators increased by twice market expectations. Yes, it's not happening overnight but it is happening. Reminds me of one of Aesop's fables - The Crow and the Pitcher. Here's how aesops-fables.org.uk relates ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
The Australian market has opened higher following mixed leads from Europe and the US overnight. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,308.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.7 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian market has opened higher following mixed leads from Europe and the US overnight. At 1030 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.4 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 4,308.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 25.7 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a seesaw session overnight on Wall Street, which ended flat, uninspired by modestly promising US jobs and trade data. At 0745 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... cleansing is over. Makes your mouth water, does it not? As ex Mrs. Rod Stewart, Rachel Hunter, once said, it won't happen overnight but it will happen. The same thing as the bust in US Treasuries bubble will. ================== You can read Ben Ong's ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... negative from stable due to the credit rater's reservation that it will meet its deficit savings' target. Rosengren's overnight blahs also took space away from reports that Italy's economy contracted for the fourth consecutive quarter in June or how ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
Australian shares opened stronger, buoyed by overnight leads and hopes the European Central Bank will take action soon to relieve the euro zone debt crisis. At 1015 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.6 points, or 0.15 per cent ...

If not now, when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... by the Fed and the most especially, Signor Draghi. The S&P 500 fell by 0.7% and the DJ Euro Stoxx 50 closed 3% lower overnight led by a 5.2% sell-off in Spanish equities and a 4.6% drop in Italian shares. Similarly, Spanish 10-year bond yields are back ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... ASX 24, the September share price index futures contract was down three points at 4,223, with 7,902 contracts traded. Overnight offshore leads were mixed, with US stocks lower but bourses in London and Paris higher. Wall Street equity markets closed ...