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Fear is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... use as an excuse to take profits. There's the US budget ceiling and the prospect of "sequestration" come 1 March. There's Moody's downgrade of the UK's triple-A credit rating to AA1. There's China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index which fell ...

Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Demand for Australian bonds has grown stronger after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating, leaving global investors with one less top-rated economy. Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now ...

Water scarcity a factor for resource fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... when investing, Tyndall AM head of Real Assets Richard Lourey said, commenting on a report about water scarcity released by Moody's last Friday. The report is entitled "Global Mining Industry: Water Scarcity to Raise Capex and Operating Costs, Heighten ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... spending, war against corruption and general good governance - appear to be working and have been given a thumbs up by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's which recently upgraded the country's credit rating to one notch below investment grade. That'll ...

A good new year past the cliff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... Composite slipped 6.21 (0.21 per cent) to 2909.86. LONDON - European stock markets rose as solid US housing data outweighs Moody's stripping France of its coveted triple-A rating. The Paris CAC 40 index shook off early lows and rallied to close 0.65 ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Spurs Nikon Never mind the other news that Spain's economy contracted for the fifth straight quarter in September or that Moody's downgraded 5 of the country's regions, or that the Bank of Japan is set to lower its growth outlook (again) next week. Never ...

Good US housing news is real good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... as to which news item cheered the markets overnight - troika and Greece nearing a deal, Spain avoiding a junk rating from Moody's, the surge in UK employment in September, or perhaps, Obama edging out Romney at their second debate - but for moi, it was ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... $1.3135 after hitting $1.3140, the highest level since September 17, following a re-affirmation of Spain's credit rating by Moody's Investors Services. HONG KONG - Asian markets were boosted on increased confidence in the eurozone after Moody's held ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... the banks may need to borrow only 40 billion euros from the eurozone, far below the maximum on offer of 100 billion euros. Moody's credit ratings agency meanwhile on Monday said that while recapitalisation of Spanish banks would help shore up confidence ...