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It's all in the spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... survey showed a median 25 per cent chance that Spain will end up doing so, and 13 per cent for Italy." US reports out overnight also say "it's a dive." Jobless claims in the week ended last week came in higher than expectations to 386K and worse, the ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... being disappointed as Wall Street - and most other equity markets - did not follow through with the previous day's gains overnight. Coz real time news headlined disappointing first quarter earnings reports from IBM and Intel and bad news out of Europe. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... caused European markets to rally. "The main driver this morning is the positive yields on Spanish and Italian bonds overnight," he said. "There was some less than positive data out of the US with housing, but even though that happened, their market bucked ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... surprising given the positive news flowing out onto cyberspace while we were sleeping. Spain sold a,-3.18 worth of bills overnight, more than the government's targeted a,-3 billion. And, according to Bloomberg, "Demand for the 12-month bills was 2.9 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... 103.89 US cents, up from 103.14 cents on Tuesday afternoon. HiFX senior trader Stuart Ive said a string of positive news overnight spurred an appetite for risk assets among investors, lifting the Australian dollar. However, he said, the currency had ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... reading about Spanish 10-year bond yields breaking above 6% or that China's economy is, indeed, slowing. But as we've seen overnight, these have not prevented the dip buyers from buying the dips. And why should they when the VIX index - the fear gauge ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
The Australian dollar has consolidated an overnight rise based on strong jobs data. At 1200 AEST, the local currency was 104.05, up from 103.91 on Thursday afternoon. CMC Markets foreign exchange dealer Tim Waterer said better-than-expected labour force ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... and so were most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town. The S&P 500 and the Dow each jumped by 1.4% overnight in spite of another disappointing report on the jobs front. Yes Virginia, the same one that sent many scampering for the exits ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher, driven by gains in the US overnight. At 1020 AEST on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.4 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 4,263.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index was up 17.8 points ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... panicking. Some would even be kicking themselves as they watch Wall Street and European stock markets bounce back up overnight. Headlines tell us that this was because of Alcoa's better-than-expected first quarter profit report and raised guidance for ...