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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... featured a numerous companies going ex-dividend, which had acted as a drag on the market. Wall Street closed lower on Friday night (AEDT) - the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.02 per cent, the S&P500 eased 0.32 per cent and the NASDAQ slipped 0.43 ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... the previous day. And so did, the Nasdaq. And European equities, the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 surged by 1.5% at the close of last night's activity, completely making up for the previous night's 0.3% dip - and then some. Some people might be slapping their backsides ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... moment in time, underlying US economic fundamentals have been doing nothing but strengthening. We got more of them last night. US fourth quarter 2011 real GDP growth was revised higher to an annualised rate of 3% -- the fastest pace in six quarters -- ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... credit-raters the smackdown or my personal favourite, the one-finger salute. Case in point, Italy's ten-year bond auction last night got a good, nay very good, reception considering. Here is Reuter's report, "Tuesday's 3.75 billion euro 10-year sale ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... currency had performed well overnight with positive data from Germany boosting the market. "The Ifo survey from Germany last night was very good, and it pushed the euro higher," he said. "The dollar just followed that, and now it's over 107 (US cents)." ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... decide. OK, that's the fun part. Here's the "ho-hum" portion. There were no thrill and spills in financial markets last night. European equities behaved as one would expect - down a little for the core and a lot for the periphery - after being reminded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT on Thursday, the local unit has traded between 106.44 US cents and 107.16 cents. On Thursday night, Australian time, it was reported that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits last week hadn't changed and ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... with only a mild recession. Wall Street surely wasn't fussed. The Dow and the S&P 500 closed with only small losses last night. Why would it? Not now, now that America's economy seems to be gaining momentum. The National Association of Realtors update ...

ALP leadership issues will delay FOFA: Chikarovski

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... responsibility and will likely cause further delays in gaining certainty around FOFA, said Kerry Chikarovski at an AFA event last night. The political strategist for the Association of Financial Advisers gave an update on the timing of the enquiries ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... austerity measures. There were no big surprises - none at all. So why have financial markets behaved the way they did last night when they got exactly what they wanted? Conditions, conditions. That's why. The Age writes that, Greece's friend Juncker ...