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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... investors kept close watch on Spain, seen by many as most at risk of needing a debt bailout to follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal. A public holiday in London - which will also be closed on Tuesday - made for muted trade. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... investors kept close watch on Spain, seen by many as most at risk of needing a debt bailout to follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal. A public holiday in London - which will also be closed on Tuesday - made for muted trade. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 fell ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... this the choice the Greeks face. Come to think of it, if they leave, at least they'll have company. Ireland perhaps? Or Portugal? Or heavens forbid Spain and/or - nay not and/or but and -- Italy. It's the same choice the Eurozone faces. Decide to let ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... The mere speculation of a Greece exit is breeding speculation of rumours of gossips in Spain. Soon it'll be Ireland, Portugal and Italy. Soon it'll be France. Soon the world! Oh pardon, moi. It's already happening. See how they - the bulls - run. To ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... the ramifications thereafter. Germany fears that if they give in and relax its demands for austerity or else, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy, etc. would ask to have what Greece is having. The Utopian dream of having manageable debt levels in Europe ...

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... goodbye and wish it a happy life. No siree! For once it leaves, speculations will migrate to the next in line - Ireland? Portugal? Spain? I think, it'll stop at Spain and then the Eurozone will be no more. So that's my base case Virginia. I was in Europe ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... and Shanghai lost 0.94 per cent, or 22.04 points, to end at 2,334.44. Fears that Spain could follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal in needing a bailout sent the cost of the country's debt above six per cent for the first time since late last year. Investors ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... austerity measures that were pre-conditions to receiving the second 'manna from the troika'. This is happening now in Portugal. Last night, Banco de Portugal cut its 2012 growth forecast to down 3.4% (previously down 3.1%) and to a big fat zero next ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... resolve them, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi says in a newspaper interview. LISBON - Public services across Portugal ground to a halt as unions staged a 24-hour strike against austerity measures agreed by the government in return for an international ...