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Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... investors will again need to call on their steel nerve reserves to get passed the string of bad news out of America last night. US first quarter real GDP revised down to an annualised rate of 1.9% from 2.2% previously. Corporate profits grew at their ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... filled with ghost stories. Spain's about to blow. It's credit default swap hit a record high of almost 600 basis points last night and the yield on its 10-years jumped to a high of 6.64%. According to reports, it was because of Egan-Jones Ratings Co's ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... polls indicating a win for the pro-bailouters at the June elections were enough to send the DJ Euro Stoxx to finish last night's session with a 0.8% gain. Heck, even the Athens SE General index jumped by 1.9% overnight! Spain's IBEX 35 index dropped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... taking advantage of cheaper resources stock. "It's bucked the trend of what's happened in the (United) States on Friday night," he said. "I think you'll find, especially with an Aussie dollar that's falling, that there's a bit of buying going on in resources." ...

FINSIA appoints new president

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... Services Institute of Australasia has appointed Marianne Birch as its new president, following the AGM held in Melbourne last night. "She has a long and impressive history within the financial services industry and with Finsia in particular," said outgoing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
The Australian share market has opened slightly higher, led by major resources companies after a mixed night on overseas bourses. At 1013 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 10.1 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 4,977.1, while the broader ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Australian stocks have opened higher, as market players took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street. At 1029 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.6 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,091.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Missed the bottom?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... France Francois Hollande is gonna suggest the introduction of Eurozone bonds at an informal meeting of EU leaders tomorrow night. We heard this before didn't we? Late last year and in March of this one. Good idea if they can get Germany and the rest ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... bullfighting kills bulls, running with them only kills... ehem, people. I was reminded of this as Spain took centre stage last night. Grexit has come to Spain sending the bulls running. Hey, isn't the annual San Fermin Fiesta in Pamplona still a good ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... movement in the market yesterday was probably over-exaggerated, anticipating further major falls in overseas markets last night which didn't occur," Mr Russell said. "There was some stability in those markets and I think we are now seeing a bit of bargain ...