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Wonderfully wrong September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... 10-year yields surged 17 basis points to 6.74 percent and the premium investors demand to own the bonds instead of benchmark German bunds surged to as high as a record 453 basis points, or 4.53 percentage points. The so-called spread for Portuguese bonds ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
Three cheers for September! Hip, hip! Where's the September curse everybody and his dog were warning about at the onset of the seventh moon of the year? Thirteen days into this "most awful month" for stocks and so far Wall Street has advanced in eight ...

Europeans flock to Asian stocks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
European investors are leading the charge into Asian equities, according to Fidelity executives. "Based on money flows we have seen, Europeans are more bullish than Asians on equity markets in general," said Fidelity Australia's managing director, Gerard ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... not more) as bad. And also not when they've been found to be lying... a second time. Bloomberg quoted the Association of German Banks warning that Germany's 10 biggest banks may require an additional a,-105 billion in fresh capital to comply with new ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
A two-pronged monetary and fiscal assault may be needed to revitalise the US economy, according to a US-based fund manager. Tom Callan, head of BlackRock's $12 billion global opportunities team, said that quantitative easing should be coupled with fiscal ...

Numero Dos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
It's official - China is now the second biggest economy in the world! Japan practically handed China the silver medal on a silver platter after releasing its National Accounts showing that the country's real GDP increased at an annualised rate of 0.4 ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
And they're off... and running! The bears are back loitering the financial playgrounds hand in hand with the sensationalist media and heads that talk on your PCs, laptops, iPhones or plain old HDTV screens. Apparently we're now just a click away from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... downgrade for the British economy added to the negative tone and offset recent strong eurozone figures. Second quarter German growth figures, due on Friday and which are expected to be very good, will be closely examined for any sign of approaching weakness. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
The Australian share market has received a weak lead from Wall Street where disappointing earnings and economic data put an end to the recent rally. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down four ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
The Australian share market is expected begin the week with a slightly stronger opening on the back of a flat lead from Wall Street. At 0727 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up seven points at 4,470. ...