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What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
It was another ho-hum day in the financial markets overnight. It was an unspectacular boring day, no matter how much the finance and investment commentariat would like to have you believe otherwise. The general thrust of cyber reports were that equities ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... on Greece and wail when the bad ones present themselves. This was obvious from the equity markets' strong performance overnight, after reports that the Greek bond swap would go ahead reached cyberspace. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... per cent in February, in line with market expectations. Local investors were encouraged by Wall Street's performance overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average firming 0.61 per cent to 12,837.33 points. They'd returned to risk assets, giving support ...

Good memories

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... 210K in Feb and for the jobless rate to remain steady at 8.3%. Gauging by that other labour market indicator released overnight, it looks likely that expectations would be beat once again. US unit labor costs were upwardly revised to an annualised 2.8% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... Australian market was experiencing a broad-based sell-off in early trading, based upon weakness in US and European markets overnight. He said there were fears that future growth in the European economy looked doubtful following the release of GDP (gross ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... than 200 points while we were sleeping but this was a mere 1.6% slip, less than half the 3.4% the DJ Euro Stoxx-50 lost overnight. So my money is on Europe. And yes, it's all about Greece again and the possibility that it may default (again). It's another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open down more than one per cent following heavy falls on Wall Street overnight with investors nervous of a euro zone recession and Greece's debt-swap deal. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... your attention somehow. Sure Virgie, most equity markets from New York to Rio and old London town recorded declines overnight but it's still within the magnitude of the daily volatility in stocks we've seen over the past few months. Not the scale one ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
The Australian stock market opened higher on Friday, led by the big miners after strong gains in the US overnight. At 1011 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,283.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... "we're doomed (again) because Big Ben's no longer our friend". Well, Big Ben's testimony before the US Congress continued overnight, again there was not even a whisper of more policy stimulus, nor a hint that another QE is at least being contemplated ...