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Chief economist update: Europa rides the bull once again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Just like the myth of Europa, Eurozone equities are riding on the back of a bull. Eurozone equities soared to their highest levels in 13 years. The VStoxx index - the Eurozone's fear gauge dropped to 13-month lows. Lucky 13. The Euro Stoxx-50 index ...

Just another ordinary day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... and increased prospects of a Berlusconi comeback in Italy. But despite this and all the other daily dips, the Euro Stoxx index remains 2.5% higher than at the beginning of 2013 - a good effort given latest reports that the region's economy contracted ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... Ords, up 8.4%; even a deeper than expected recession in the Eurozone couldn't stop its benchmark index, the DJ/Euro Stoxx index from climbing 1.3%. The game is changing alright, it's shifting away from defense. The bond markets are losing. The Citigroup ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... or more. Huh? From the time Steen published his prediction (20 Dec 2011) to its lowest point last June, the DJ Euro Stoxx index lost only 5.5%. 3 A yet-unannounced candidate takes the White House. Who? 5 Basel III and regulation force 50 bank nationalisations ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... despite the headline grabbing ups and downs in the equity markets of the past few days, the S&P 500 and the DJ Euro Stoxx index have virtually traded sideways since 18 May - the end of the two weeks of pain that started with the elections in France and ...

Fearing the unknown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... austerity and a bit more growth? But I digress. Wall Street closed flat last night. Europe closed up with the DJ Euro Stoxx index 1.3% higher - nearly recovering last Friday's 1.8% loss. Is this the calm before a heavier storm or have financial markets ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... always been with anything to do with Greece. The uncertainty hit a high point Tuesday last week, pulling the DJ Euro Stoxx index down by 3.4% - its biggest one-day drop since November last year. What happens in Greece... However, America wasn't so perturbed ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... that's little affected by the European sovereign debt crisis? What? What? What? Speaking of which, even the DJ Euro Stoxx index - the benchmark for the region in crisis which is widely expected to go into recession (if it's not there yet) - has done ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... certainly thinks so. To date, the Athex Composite price index has risen by close to 20%, outperforming the DJ Euro Stoxx index's 9.5% rise over the same period. And oh, the yield on its 10-year bonds has also come down by more than 200 bips from the ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... announced, investors wait with bated breaths. Despite the intra-day volatility in the European equity market - the DJ Euro Stoxx Index seesawed between plus 1.7% and down 1.8% -- it ended, in what we consider practically unchanged these days, down 0.5% ...
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