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Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... surged to such a level that the Rentenmark -- Germany's official currency at the time -- traded at 4 trillion to a single US dollar. Before the euro, the mark was second only to the US dollar as a major international reserve currency. This was born out ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... those central bankers? They don't have sexy figures to fall back on. Yes, that's right. They're piling back into the US dollar. Reports overnight tells of China resuming its purchases of US Treasuries in March -- the first in six months. According to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Street stocks ended an erratic session little changed after investors spent the day tracking the euro's moves against the US dollar. A drop and subsequent rebound in the euro steered the Dow Jones industrial average from a loss of 184 points at midday ...

Gold is hip again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... what do you get when a commodity is in such massive supply? The commodity loses its value. Such was the case for the US dollar just a few months ago. Such is the case for the euro now. And what do you do when you've lost trust in fiat money? You turn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... ended down 163 points but closed well off its lows of the day. Investors seeking safety piled into Treasurys and the US dollar. Currency traders have been moving out of the euro throughout the week because of concerns that cost-cutting measures in countries ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
In the words of Coney Francis, "Who's sorry now?" "I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Who's sorry now..." Shocked and awed. Yes, Virginia, this was how speculators felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly positive leads from offshore trading overnight, as markets rebounded on optimism following the European rescue plan. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to post a huge decline at the start of Friday's trading day, following a horror night on offshore markets as Wall Street shed more than three per cent and commodities prices went backwards. At 0757 AEST on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... to 1.4 billion shares. LONDON - European shares rallied and the euro clawed back from one-year low levels against the US dollar on Thursday on news that a Greek debt bailout was close and positive results from top companies. Major European bourses returned ...

Perennial eyes US recovery for next returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... fund manager this year, said the team is assessing the US market over a three-year basis. "A case is mounting that the US dollar could become a bit stronger over time on the back of a growing economy. It will inevitably turn back up again and that means ...