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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... reported that the US economy had continued to grow slowly, offering a slightly better assessment of the US economy than the grim picture depicted by other recent indicators. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.04 per cent ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... clearinghouses, which are used to execute trades of stocks, bonds and options." Were financial markets really running scared of the grim slasher that is Standard & Poor's? If they were, why have the yields of the US curve for Treasuries with maturities ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... sentiment index fell to 63.7 in July -- to the lowest level since March 2009 -- from 71.5 in the previous month. Looks pretty grim - but financial markets already expected this first half weakness. The same way they - and the Fed - anticipate growth ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... "deadlock", the MSCI Emerging Markets Index retreated by 0.4%. The "impasse" caused the Dow to lose 0.7% and the S&P 500 0.6%. Yup, grim reading. But if investors really, truly believe that America will default -- or the most recent scare, that USA will ...

Goodnight Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... they'll amount to only half that of Italy's. According to reports, Italy has debts amounting to 1.6 trillion euros. This is a grim development and prospect especially considering that the European Financial Stability Fund's current resources - at just ...

Demand rises for Aussie bonds and cash: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... sitting in cash and deposits as of the March quarter, a figure less than half of the $8.2 billion squirreled away in the grim days of June 2009 when panicked investors fled plunging stock markets. But Harrop said people were now returning to fixed interest. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... rate. The data, usually an indicator of trends in both the construction industry and the real estate market, was still quite grim, economists said. Chevron and ConocoPhillips shares both picked up 0.8 per cent, while Hess added 1.6 per cent and Marathon ...

Poor standard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... Isn't the US at risk losing its AAA credit rating... or not? It's only been two days since Standard & Poor's issued that grim warning and now, look ma, Wall Street's back and with a vengeance. Please pardon my gloating but I just have to remind you - ...

Fitch scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
... fourth quarter of last year. -- it was way significantly below back then. And hasn't everyone and his dog already factored in grim news for Portugal...and Spain...and Italy...and...? There's really nothing new in this whole Eurozone contagion tragedy ...

Grimshaw joins Suncorp

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Suncorp has appointed Caledonia Investment chief executive, Stuart Grimshaw, as a non-executive director. Grimshaw has 25 years experience in banking and financial services in Australia and overseas. Aside from his current role as chief executive, he ...