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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... (German chancellor Angela) Merkel saying she was against expanding the bailout fund anymore are factors," he said. "Last night the ECB guys said they didn't think the bond purchase program had worked that well. "There are increasing worries that the ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... underlying problem remains - the uncertainty that is the European sovereign debt problem. We were reminded of this again last night. Rising yields. Italian yields hit fresh euro-era high of 6.47% at its latest 5-year bond auction. Falling growth. Ifo ...

UniSuper responds to criticism

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
UniSuper, one of Australia's largest super funds, came under attack last night, confirming that in the post-GFC volatile investment landscape no fund is immune from criticism. ABC's 7.30 news program last night ran a report on the $27 billion university ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... have Christmas lunches - long liquid lunches - to go to today, go now pronto for developments in the financial markets last night was another one of those "ho-hum" moments. Not that you'll pick it from the headlines and stories doing the rounds of the ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... appeasing one and all, including themselves, remains just that - a fantasy. All three credit rating agencies came out last night to deliver their verdict on the Continent's latest plan - yes it's now just the continent after Britain gave them the finger. ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... did that - officially denied weeks of gossip that it's gonna mint fresh euros. Sovereigns need not apply. Following last night's governing council meeting, where the ECB announced another 25 bps reduction in interest rates to 1.0% as well as new measures ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... seesawed between plus 1.7% and down 1.8% -- it ended, in what we consider practically unchanged these days, down 0.5% last night. Similarly, the FTSE-100 bobbed up plus 1.1% and down 1.2% intra-day but shed only 0.4% at the finish. The same goes for ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... enable sustainable growth in the Chinese economy for longer. And in Europe - although still highly suspect - news out last night are positive. Italian bond yields fell sharply to 6.16% after the government unveiled a a,-30 bil programme of austerity ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... for an average monthly gain of 143K over the past three months. While it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Friday night's EU summit could spoil festivities. But before then, expect another week of increased volatility as markets react to rumours ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... labour market remains painfully slow. Yeah right. Tell someone who cares! No one seemed to care about these negatives last night. They're all looking out for the positives. There were some out of America. There was the bigger-than-expected increase in ...