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Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... the financial markets these past few days, it better deliver on 26 October. And Wednesday couldn't come soon enough. Last night's October purchasing managers index (PMI) numbers pointed in the "R" direction. The Eurozone composite PMI dropped to a reading ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... that there is a huge amount of pressure on them to deliver a solution." "Not quite," according to France and Germany. Last night, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement advising you, me and Irene to expect ...

First State Super chief handles furore over tech security

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... member accounts. "Naturally I find this extremely concerning so contacted you today [Sept 22] (I found this around 9pm last night). All the data I obtained has been destroyed / deleted but validated my concerns," said Webster in the email. "Ideally the ...

Good news, bad headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... the globe today grew "at the slowest pace in 2 years." Asian financial markets - still reeling from Germany's "boo" the night before - dropped because of this latest shock to the system (if you believe the reports) with the Shanghai Composite Index posting ...

Manufactured in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... debt problems and one and all can sleep soundly. Well, the Slovak's did vote "aye" - papa's bought us a mockingbird -- last night and what did we get... we got falling European equity markets. The mockingbird didn't sing. It didn't sing because, according ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... response to the crisis s before the end of the month". Westpac New Zealand senior market strategist Imre Speizer said it was a night of consolidation for the Australian dollar. "It was a big runup and what we've seen last night it's taken a breather ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... and they'll take profits where there's large profits in this type of market," he said. "Commodity prices were soft last night, base metals lower and you're seeing materials and energy really leading the decline on our market today." Energy stocks fell ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). It needs the approval of all 17 members to be approved. Well it already voted no last night. Here's Bloomberg again, "A total of 55 lawmakers of the 124 present backed the motion, short of the required majority of ...

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

Rewarding wishful thinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... this play out over and over for the past 18 months or so. Fortunately, it seems that Wall Street's stronger finish last night is not the result of wishful thinking. US stocks may have ended less than their European counterparts overnight, but at least ...