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Slippery - watch your step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
So much money has to go somewhere. With almost all governments and central banks of the world pumping liquidity into the financial system, it comes as no surprise that some have flowed into commodities. Along with the rally in the equity markets, the ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Is this the beginning of the end? Gauging from last week's actions - rather inactions - by four of the world's major central banks, it appears that this is so. It had been a awhile since financial markets witnessed the kind of central bank activity ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
The Australian share market was almost one and a half per cent higher at noon on Friday, as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto announced a massive joint iron ore venture, and Rio launched at $US15.2 billion rights issue. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
'Don't fight the Fed!' 'The trend is your friend!' These market aphorisms are again coming back in fashion. Upward momentum in equity markets all around the world have been steadily gathering pace since hitting what is turning out to be the lowest point ...

Intl equities on a good run...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
International equity markets have come a long way after hitting what is now looking likely their lows during the current cycle. The optimism engendered by the slowly mounting economic indications that the market has left the worst behind it is encouraging ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
The times...they really have changed. Will this be Generation Next's new economic order. I speak of course about the fast increasing dominance of China in the world stage. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates unchanged at 3 per cent ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
The month of May was always going to be an iffy one. Much ink has been spilt on research proving that the adage, 'sell in May, then go away', has a ring of truth. Well...now here we are, May's gone and those that went away regret that they did not decide ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
One for the bears. The pendulum has swung in favour of the 'dead cat bounce' camp as Wall Street clocked its third consecutive day of losses. The S&P 500 fell by 2.7 per cent overnight, taking its total losses over the past three trading sessions to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker after Wall Street fell as a gloomy retail sales report renewed concerns about the US economy. At 0710 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 86 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open lower after losses on Wall Street, although commodity and metal prices were higher overnight. At 0808 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was down 21 points at 3,892. In economic ...