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Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... economy that is the envy of the OECD - the one that dodged the GFC bullet and one that's little affected by the European sovereign debt crisis? What? What? What? Speaking of which, even the DJ Euro Stoxx index - the benchmark for the region in crisis ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... be sure, the index had quite a struggle to reach this point. It backtracked in mid-2010 on concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis and fears of a double-dip in America. It did so again in the middle of last year, for exactly the same reasons ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower as concerns over Europe's sovereign debt crisis continues and topped the agenda of the G20 meeting in Mexico at the weekend. Australian treasurer Wayne Swan cancelled his planned attendance at the G20 finance ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... bailout package for Greece help firm up the ASX. "(There is a] bit more optimism coming out of the Greek debt issues and sovereign issues taking one small step in a positive direction," Mr Russell said. "I wouldn't say it's been solved yet, but it's ...

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
A new report by the Centre for Independent Studies says the Future Fund, Australia's de facto sovereign wealth fund, far from being a fiscally responsible way to rebalance intergenerational equity, is economically flawed. The reasoning behind the fund ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... warmed financial markets for the best part of the first six weeks of 2012 has been dented by the comeback of the European sovereign debt crisis. Not that it went away, no siree. Not by a long shot. It's just that the advent of better than expected eco ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... lobbying the US government to relax key aspects of the Volcker Rule that they fear could weaken trading volumes for their sovereign bonds. The Volcker Rule was introduced by the Obama administration following the Global Financial Crisis to prevent investment ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... economy is strengthening as we speak... there's rosier news out of Europe too. There's relative calm there despite the sovereign debt crisis overhang." German business confidence jumped to five-month highs in January and European investor confidence ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... economy is strengthening as we speak. But there's rosier news out of Europe too. There's relative calm there despite the sovereign debt crisis overhang. And if you want to be real positive, report out last night showed that the Eurozone's debt-to-GDP ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... three-year low, from 8.5 per cent. Talks continue to drag on between Athens and its creditors over an unprecedented sovereign debt write-down but an accord remains elusive as a March 20 deadline for Greece to repay maturing debt looms closer. In London ...