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The Fine Print Technology shares continued to push overseas markets higher, reversing the role it played Friday and Monday. US and Europe extended rallies while yields on 10-year bonds retreated following the Federal Reserve’s widely expected action on target rates. … Continue reading →

The Fine Print The PSEI tried to continue on its “defiant” path as trades resumed after Monday’s Independence Day holiday. Kicking off the day’s action in the green, the weight of an extended tech-sell off in the US both Friday … Continue reading →

The Fine Print Even as the market struggled to stay above the 8,000-line, it remained an impressive week for local equities. Against dire prognostications of analysts, market watchers and “veterans,” given the emergence of more than a handful of risk-events, … Continue reading →

The Fine Print It looks like a bull and it feels like a bull. Is it, really? Of course, we would want it to be. Let’s take a look at the numbers. The PSEI, on a year-to-date, suggests it is. … Continue reading →

The Fine Print The bulls finally caved in to the developing realities all around. There was an early effort to defy trends in the region but the burden of sustaining trades above 8,000 absent a strong catalyst on one hand, … Continue reading →

The Fine Print IF THE MORNING’S TRADE is an accurate barometer of investors’ regard – or lack thereof – for risks being talked about both at home and abroad, then the market is by and large un-affected. The balance of … Continue reading →

The Fine Print IT WAS AN EVENTFUL WEEK punctuated by what initially was feared as a terrorist act at the stroke of midnight Thursday. Book ended by two IPOs – cement maker Eagle Cement Corporation [pse: EAGLE] and leading property … Continue reading →

The Fine Print SHARE PRICES slipped for a second day following the lead across the wider Asian region with investors holding back adding to their equity portfolio as leads dried up. The PSEI settled at 7838.42, -22.35 points (-0.28%) lower … Continue reading →

The Fine Print THE EAGLE SOARED but failed to reach“thirst” of investors. Getting off the ground at p16.00, it rose by no more than 7.5% [p16.12],characteristic of more recent IPO performances. IPO Performance: EAGLE’s Day One performance is ahead only … Continue reading →

The Fine Print OPEC and martial law were the most prominent news that came out of last week’s cycle. Neither pushed or pulled the market in the anticipated direction magnitude of the moves, even, or the lack of it to … Continue reading →