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Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... US labour market in repair, wouldn't the Fed be thinking of raising interest rates sooner? Perhaps. But this would be a signal that the US economic and financial systems are returning to normalcy. What's wrong with that? This manner of thinking highlights ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
The Australian has received generally positive leads from overnight trading offshore, with Wall Street up marginally, precious metals higher, and European markets flat to higher. Oil and base metal copper were lower, however. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
Wall Street securities have provided a positive lead to the Australian stock market on Friday, although key commodities all were lower in overnight trade. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEST, the June share price index contract was 27 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
The Australian share market has received generally positive leads from overnight trading overseas, with Wall Street closing flat to higher, gold and oil prices rising, while silver and base metal copper eased. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0739 ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... does the former Fed chief make of this? Greenie thinks that rising bond yields represents a "canary in the mine" and could signal further upward movement in interest rates. When this happens, we'll have a problem Houston! Higher interest rates will raise ...

In a better place

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
Down day, up week. This was Wall Street's performance lat Friday and over the pass five trading days. And since the Australian equity market "almost" always marches to the beat of Wall Street's drum, market observers/forecasters guessing that it would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overseas, with Wall Street indices flat to mixed, gold higher, but silver, copper and oil all lower. At 0728 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was eight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... mega institutional investors could be lost. "What is lacking is leadership. The financial services community has got to signal its support to our political leaders that we demand a clear policy and pricing signal so that decisions can be made," he said. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... increase. Analysts are hoping that businesses will restock store shelves on a consistent basis, which would be a positive signal for the economy. The Dow rose 12.85, or 0.1 per cent, to 10,624.69. The broader S&P 500 index fell 0.25, or less than 0.1 ...