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Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... and then assurances that money is forthcoming. It can't go on like this forever. The final resolution to this European sovereign debt saga must be found and found quickly - or it'll continue to sap confidence out of you, me and Irene. Just less than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... US stocks posted healthy gains on Tuesday after a volatile day of trading driven by more twists and turns in Europe's sovereign debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 44.73 points (0.40 per cent) to close at 11,105.85. The broader S&P 500 ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... event of a Greek default. And Moody's fingers are on the downgrade trigger with French banks and their exposure to Greek sovereign debt in its sights. There's no question in my mind that Greece will default unless of course, the ECB, EU and the IMF showers ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... France last Friday - blah, blah and more blah. "We met at a time of new challenges to... growth, fiscal deficits and sovereign debt... There are now clear signs of a slowdown in global growth. We are committed to a strong and coordinated response to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... drastic reforms to the eurozone, as ECB watchers suggested that the bank was deeply split over its handling of Europe's sovereign debt crisis. Stark, a German, had been a sharp critic of the ECB's controversial program of buying government bonds of deeply ...

Bear markets provide investment opportunites

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... Hobart spoke of the numerous external pressures that are influencing the Australian economy including market turbulence, sovereign debt issues, the weakening US economy and related fiscal challenges, the growth of China and complexities facing Japan. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... exchange rate of 1.20 francs per euro, saying the high value of the franc was a threat to the economy. On the European sovereign bond market, yields for Italy and Spain fell. The Spanish benchmark 10-year bond slipped under 5 per cent to 4.981 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... third straight trading session in the red after extending earlier losses in the day on fresh concerns about European sovereign debt. At 1615 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 66.4 points, or 1.6 per cent, at 4,075.5, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... closed overnight due to a public holiday, so direction for currency markets came from Europe, where renewed jitters about sovereign debt issues in a number of Eurozone countries prompted a steep decline on equity markets. Meanwhile, the Australian bond ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Global pressure to contain debt is ironically one of the biggest threats to the world economy, warns the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde. Writing in the Financial Times, Lagarde said world economic confidence ...