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PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Australian shares are lower, breaking their six-day winning streak after Standard and Poor's warned 15 eurozone members of possible credit downgrades due to the region's deepening debt crisis. The local market extended its opening losses amid light ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set for a modestly stronger start after France and Germany called for a new EU treaty with tougher budgetary rules to deal with the eurozone debt crisis. Stocks markets rose on the proposal, but Wall Street pulled back on reports ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
No doubt financial markets are still basking in the afterglow of last week's equity rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to for a relatively flat start to the week after little movement on Wall Street on Friday and as the world waits for action from European leaders. At 0749 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to for a relatively flat start on Friday as world markets failed to continue a strong rally sparked by central bank action for major banks. At 0829 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up two ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
Tell someone who cares! There were reports out while we slept that could have been blamed for the equity markets returning some of the gains made during yesterday's rally but somehow they didn't have the same spook they had even only a week ago. There ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
The Australian market is set to open significantly higher as world markets surged on a move by six central banks to boost liquidity for banks weighed down by downgraded government debt. European markets rose by over three per cent and Wall Street is ...

A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Central banks of the world unite! The going must be getting tough because the tough (central banks) got going. Six of the world's biggest central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Oh yes Virginia, happy days have come back. Wall Street's up, Europe's up, Asia and Australia are up and up. Scan through the headlines and you get the impression that though all remains ...