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Asia primed for investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... investors," he said. The weak markets across Asia during June were largely caused by fears of a global 'double-dip' recession, while specific, one-off events also affected particular companies, causing disproportionately sharp sell-offs in many cases ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... amid price stability, Dr Bernanke said. The economy was fragile, but he did not forecast that it would fall back into recession. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 109.43 points, or 1.07 per cent, at 10,120.53 points. The Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Friday after investors found unwelcome holes in otherwise strong US corporate results, adding to fears the recovery from recession is stalling. News of a sharp fall in US consumer confidence then added to concerns that consumption is tailing off after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... particularly heartening for investors who have worried that the global economy was slowing, or even headed for another recession. Later this week, big banks including Bank of America Corp will report results. Investors showed little reaction to corporate ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
It took Wall Street a full day to convince itself that there must be something in the sharp turnaround in Asian and European equity markets the other day. US equities rose only about half a per cent the day the others jumped between 2 per cent and almost ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... same scare back then. Talks of moral hazard, stricter regulation, worries about debt, an economic slowdown, an economic recession, jobless recovery abound. The same ones financial markets are grappling with at present time. What happened? In each instance ...

Just a typical pause

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... Investigating US real GDP data going as far back as the 1950s, I found that, indeed, the economy slows after a sharp bound from recession - each and every time (nine recessions in all excluding the current one). The table below shows the US growth experience ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Growth or recovery, slowdown or double dip? This is the question that's been bugging financial markets in recent times. This is all well and good but the problem is markets appear to be talking themselves down and are busy at work desperately searching ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... between the bears and the bulls continue. The global economy would continue to recover. The global economy is headed for a recession. This is underscored by the continued flow of mixed messages out of the US. There was good news last night. The Commerce ...