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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... "tug-of-war" between signs of economic recovery in the US and the backdrop of a deteriorating global macro picture. "This is an oil story, how high does it go and what does that do to the global recovery?" Mr Weston said. "That is what traders are really ...

Sentiment slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... has come back in fashion. We're all doomed! That's if you believe the sensationalist stories. The Age for instance has a story headlined, "Middle East turmoil could push petrol to $1.50" - that's in A dollars not US ones, but who cares they're at parity ...

Asian funds invest more in Taiwan

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... significant period of growth with the retail and infrastructure sectors tipped to be particularly lucrative. "We like the Taiwan story. It has been a tough few years with a president that was trying to distance itself from China, politically. The economy ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... implication was that if the trend continues, they'll soon be offering stiff competition with stocks for investors' money. Nice story, isn't it? Until you look closer and see that the 10-year US Treasury yield of 3.69 per cent and 30-years at 4.76 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... $46.86 and Rio Tinto was $1.29 higher, by around 1.5 per cent, at $87.15. "People are continuing to buy into the materials story," Mr Peacock said. "We're getting synchronised global economic growth data that's coming out at the moment. We're seeing ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... a vast array of really attractively priced companies," he said. "I'd tend to say 6,000 would be more likely to be a 2012 story than a 2011. By mid year, 30 June 2012, the Australian economy is going to be growing at over 4 per cent on the back of this ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... 95 per cent voter approval last year though being the only presidential candidate probably helped in this regard. But the story with Egypt is not the country itself but it's role in the region, especially as it is a treaty partner with Israel that - ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Trouble on the Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... ...

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... during exams, teacher would give us examinees this warning (advice?). This popped in my head when I read today's business story in theage.com.au "bravely" headlined "US stocks buoyed by China's inflation move " written by Reuters. This was what the age ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... 23 cents to $23.85. Mr Potter said the downgrade in guidance on full year cash profit by Bank of Queensland was the big story in the financial sector. Bank of Queensland shares slumped almost nine per cent to their lowest in a month after the regional ...