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This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
'The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight.' (Jesse Livermore). While most of us were sleeping (those lucky enough to have their A$1 turn to A$0.80 instead of A$0.20), Wall Street was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open in positive territory today as shares Wall Street jumped just before close. At 0730 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 63 points at 3,970. There ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker today as US Stocks dropped up to seven per cent overnight. At 0739 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 191 points at 3,968. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... European stock markets had a mixed performance on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 index shedding 52.94 points, or 1.24 per cent, to close at 4,229.73 points. FRANKFURT - In Germany, the benchmark Dax lost 50.6 points, or 1.05 per cent, to end the session ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
Hopeful signs that the squeeze on the credit markets is beginning to loosen gave Wall Street another leg up overnight. The Dow closed 4.7 per cent higher, the S&P 500 ended 4.8 per cent up and the Nasdaq rose by 3.4 per cent at the finish. It was the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Ltd and Austal Ltd hold annual general meetings. On Monday, the Australian share market shunned a weaker Wall Street to close almost four per cent higher on stronger resource and banking stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 171.5 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... conference on longwall mining will begin in the Hunter Valley. On Friday, the Australian share market gave up early gains to close marginally lower amid falls on resources and bank stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ended 42.6 points, or 1.06 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... "There's statistics coming out in the US that might start to temper things a bit on downside. "I think when you look at the US close, all it did was (go) down 400, up 400 and it was just a function of volatility. "I think the people with the money had ...

Sentiment seesaw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... the S&P 500 index turned its early morning (US time) retreat of as much as 4.6 per cent into a 4.2 per cent gain at the close of trading. Early morning sellers saw the US economic glass half-empty as they focused on more troubling data releases overnight. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2008
... market's own dynamics, and when there was no late-session plunge, as there was on Wednesday, buyers piled in before the close. Analysts expect this extraordinary volatility to continue, and warned that just as Monday's huge 936-point surge in the Dow ...