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The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... markets are likely to look for the next big worry. They don't have to scour far, wide and yonder - it was out-headlined by Greece these past few days but it has always been there, And it's name is lift-off. Some brave speculator out there made -- and ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... because on optimism that a Greco-troika deal would be hammered -- perhaps not yet but soon -- in time for the troika to give Greece the euros to enable Athens to repay the troika. Markets are happy because Tsipras batted his eyelids - he blinked. Reuters ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
No mA!s! I'm up to my eyeballs with it and it's oozing out of my eyelids. Greece, that is. The Greek tragedy goes on as last Thursday's make or break broke down, necessitating the call for an "emergency summit" later today. But don't hold your breath ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
When the global financial crisis broke, people dubbed them the PIIGS. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain were the ugly ducklings of Europe. They had inefficient economies, had been relying on EU funding and were heavily indebted. Today, most ...

Market set for a steady start

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set for a steady start to the week, as Greece and European leaders continues to work towards ending the country's debt crisis. At 0704 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down three points ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... despite all the bluster and brinkmanship from both sides, I believe that they believe that Grexit is a lose-lose proposition. Greece's already devastated economy would be in ruins - bank runs and closures; more job losses; business closures; soaring ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... surge came despite a warning from Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis that "an accident" in the bitter dispute between Greece and its EU-IMF creditors over unlocking vital bailout cash for Athens was drawing "dangerously close". That came as International ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
"I got chills, they're multiplying..." What's that Virginia? You're sick of hearing and reading about Greece? Not as I am about ranting about it for the umpteenth time, believe you me. Each time the Greek "crisis' re-emerges, we get this volatility ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... markets have closed lower, with all eyes fixed on the US Federal Reserve and the outcome of its interest rate meeting. Greece also loomed large in investors' minds on Wednesday, with hopes of a deal with creditors over its bailout repayments fading fast. ...

Grexit nears, markets cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
If it weren't serious dineros we're talking about, I would be laughing...seriously. Yes Virginia, Greece is still the word with newswire services reporting that the duelling parties have upped the ante and hardening their stances. Greek PM Tsipras accused ...