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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... September, which was better than markets forecasts. However, market sentiment soured after the Fitch agency downgraded its sovereign credit rating for Italy and Spain on Friday and said its long-term outlook for both countries was negative, citing high ...

The good, the bad and the whatever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... for the 'whatever' news. Frauline Merkel and Monsieur Sarkozy met in Berlin to discuss, whatever else but the ongoing sovereign debt crisis. Frauline Merkel proclaimed, "We're determined to do everything necessary to ensure the recapitalization of our ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... confidence in banks and the retail sector and in Europe's push to ensure its banks remain stable in the case of a Greek sovereign default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 183.38 points (1.68 per cent) to 11,123.33. The broader S&P 500 added ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... cent to nearly five per cent on expectations that EU leaders were close to agreement on how to deal with the eurozone sovereign debt crisis. Stocks also got a mild boost from economic data that, while not demonstrating a strong economy, argued against ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
The Australian dollar is staging a rapid recovery on Wednesday morning after hitting its lowest levels in more than a year overnight. During the offshore session on Tuesday night the local unit fell to a low of 93.88 US cents after the Reserve Bank ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to a,-440 billion and give it new powers to purchase sovereign bonds in the secondary market, recapitalise banks, offer precautionary lines of credit to governments and raise Germany's ...

Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... most in 16 months amid speculation (let's call this hope) policy makers will increase efforts to contain the region's sovereign-debt crisis," prints Bloomberg. "European stocks boosted by debt crisis hopes," added Reuters And here's what BusinessDay ...

UBS CEO resigns over rogue trading scandal

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... continue to strengthen its alignment with UBS's wealth management businesses, in addition to serving its corporate, sovereign and other institutional clients," said Villiger. "In the future, the Investment Bank will be less complex, carry less risk and ...