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Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... last week's euro-era record high of 7.48%. And yes, the price it has to pay might not still be enough to save it from a recession. Speaking of which, gentle reader "Spud" reacted to the piece I wrote yesterday. Spud wrote: "Relative calm in Europe? They ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... However, trade was cautious after growth forecasts for the eurozone were massively slashed, raising the prospect of another recession. Tokyo finished 0.16 per cent, or 13.67 points, higher at 8,514.47 and Sydney gained 1.23 per cent, or 52.4 points ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... heavy losses driven by fears the eurozone debt crisis could snare Italy as its next victim and plunge the bloc into recession. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies closed down 0.29 per cent to 5,444.82 points on Thursday. In Paris, the CAC-40 ...

Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... Halloween horror, click on the dailymail.co.uk where you'll read all about its "daily mail reporter" warning of another recession. Oh yes folks, can't let Wall Street get away with posting its biggest October gain in 37 years just like that. It has to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... States showing the world's biggest economy grew at a strong pace in the three months to September, easing fears of a new recession there. Tokyo gained 1.39 per cent, or 123.93 points, to end at 9,050.47, Sydney was 0.12 per cent, or 5.1 points, higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... the high-level talks will fail to produce a deal to end a crisis that has threatened to plunge the world economy into recession. Worried by surging inflation, China has ushered in several policies over the past year to tighten credit, including restricting ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... "China Economy Grows at Slowest Pace in 2 Years". And it's not only in China, headlines about that the US is already in recession are also being given the finger by better-than-expected eco stats and by reporting American companies beating market expectations. ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... resulted in "good progress" on tackling a regional debt crisis that has threatened to plunge the world economy into recession. Investors were also keeping an eye on the yen, which reached a record post-war high of 75.78 against the dollar on Friday ...

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) was so certain that "based on hard and soft data" the Us is already in recession and "to get a lot worse". What was worrying about this prognosis is that, according to The Economist magazine, ECRI "has never ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... meeting would result in a plan to battle Europe's fiscal woes and prevent the world economy from slipping back into recession. The euro stood at $US1.3856 in Tokyo trade, down slightly from $1.3881 in New York late Friday. The European single currency ...