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Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Seen on Bloomberg this morning: "Greece Default Risk Jumps to 98%" (over the next five years). Duh! I don't know what financial markets have been smoking but as far I'm concerned Greek's been cactus ever since it's debt-to-GDP ratio hit 140% and real ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... 3.25 per cent. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - Stocks plunged and the euro fell as signs of German impatience with Greek debt woes and fears over French banks compounded worries that the world is set for another recession ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
Financial market waters are getting more treacherous by the day. The signs are all around us - macro-economic fundamentals are deteriorating, systemic risk is growing and technical indicators of risk assets are breaking down. I'd like to able to conjure ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... as ECB watchers suggested that the bank was deeply split over its handling of Europe's sovereign debt crisis. Stark, a German, had been a sharp critic of the ECB's controversial program of buying government bonds of deeply indebted eurozone countries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... with 1.7 per cent and 1.9 per cent respectively previously. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly higher as news that a German court had dismissed an attempt to block the country's payments to eurozone bailouts was tempered by profit-taking. Early gains ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... All Ordinaries index was up 102.2 points, or 2.5 per cent, at 4,262.9. NEW YORK - US stocks jumped on Wednesday after a German court ruling helped clear the way for a eurozone bailout plan and the Federal Reserve said the US economy was still growing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... eurozone reported on Tuesday shrinking 0.2-per cent growth in the second quarter of 2011, dragged down by a rapid decline in German performance and a stagnant France economy. Gold, seen as a safe bet in times of economic uncertainty, jumped on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall closed more than one per cent down following an earlier rally. At 0709 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at 4,256. There is no economic news ...

Ideas count and Australia is up to 69,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
In a month characterised by global economic doom and gloom, Australia has just received a very welcome fillip - trade mark applications by Australian businesses are up-to pre GFC levels and have broken through the 69,000 barrier. Even better news is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...