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Stirrings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2012
... lending to small- and medium-sized companies." For moi, this is the best piece of news so far - the realisation that the Eurozone could not survive by austerity measures alone. Is Europa beginning to again embrace JMK? John Maynard Keynes and his government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt. European and Wall Street fell overnight after eurozone officials rejected a final offer from the Greece's private bondholders, taking it one step closer to a chaotic default, and ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... happy days. Yes Virginia, commodity markets are up, equity markets are up - even for those recently credit rating snipped Eurozone bourses - and bond yields are lower - even for those recently credit rating snipped Eurozone markets. Rather than bore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... In Australia, the market on Monday closed weaker as investors awaited an outcome to Greek debt restructure plans, with eurozone finance ministers scheduled to meet later on Monday. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 14.5 points, or 0.34 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... reduce its mountain of debt, with some reports suggesting bondholders could be asked to take a loss of up to 70 per cent. Eurozone finance ministers are meeting on Monday. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the local market was in a holding ...

BofA: Fund managers appetite for risk growing

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... results showed asset allocators have further increased their exposure to US equities while 31% remain underweight in eurozone equities, up from 35% in December, with US fund managers returning to bank stocks with the proportion underweight in banks dropping ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... will agree a debt deal with its creditors. The euro also strengthened against the dollar and the yen as fears over the eurozone crisis abated while financial plays were lifted by more upbeat earnings reports from US banks. Tokyo gained 1.47 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... previous day's rally thanks to upbeat US and German data as well as successful bond auctions in Spain and Greece. However, eurozone fears continued to cast a shadow while financial plays were weighed by disappointing earnings from banking giant Citi. ...

Long-term outlook bullish on emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... yesterday, is muted on short-term outlook as the decline in inflation is overshadowed by possible contagion from the eurozone crisis and weakness in manufacturing. Modest growth in service sector activity was negated by the manufacturing slowdown in ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... in 2010. This is what China wants. This is sustainable growth. This is not the predicted hard landing China will have. Eurozone headline inflation eased to 2.7% in December from 3.0% in the previous month while core consumer prices remained unchanged ...