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The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... right." -- The Beatles Wall Street again went on a record breaking run last week with the S&P 500, the DJIA, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 all finishing at all-time highs... and for good reasons. Growth is going and inflation is sprouting ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... 2018 tally shows all four major Wall Street equity indices - S&P 500 (+2.6%), Dow Jones Industrials (+2.3%), Nasdaq Composite (+3.4%), Russell 2000 (+1.6%) -- surged to new record highs; so has the FTSE-100 index (+0.47%); the All Ordinaries Index soared ...

On the road to normal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... the US equity markets are having one of its own with all major equity indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones Industrials; Nasdaq composite; Russell 2000 - at or near record highs, indicating confidence in the US economic outlook. This provides a sort of self-feeding ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... "normalizing interest rates is likely to proceed gradually". What's there to unlike? The S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite index jumped by 1.5% and the Dow climbed by 1.3%. And the VIX index? It dropped by 14.8% to a reading of 17.86 now that lift-off ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... (0.27 per cent) to 17,550.69. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 4.72 (0.22 per cent) to 2,093.32, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slid 9.84 (0.19 per cent) to 5,105.55. Apple fell 3.2 per cent, leaving it down more than 12 per cent since its July ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... per cent) to 17,690.46. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 4.71 (0.22 per cent) to 2,103.92, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slipped 0.50 (0.01 per cent) to 5,128.28. Dow component ExxonMobil shed 4.6 per cent after reporting net income fell ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... 17,745.98 on Thursday. The broad-based S&P 500 was essentially flat, adding 0.06 at 2,108.63, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 17.05 (0.33 per cent) to 5,128.59. Dow member Procter & Gamble sank 4.0 per cent after reporting the sixth straight ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... cent, to 17,751.39. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 15.32 points, or 0.73 per cent, to 2,108.57 and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 22.53 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 5,111.73. Stocks were in positive territory virtually the entire session ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... per cent) to 17,630.27. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 25.61 (1.24 per cent) at 2,093.25, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 49.43 (0.98 per cent) to 5,089.21. Shipping company UPS powered up 5.1 per cent after reporting second-quarter ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... cent) at 17,440.59 on Monday. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 12.01 (0.58 per cent) to 2,067.64, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 48.85 (0.96 per cent) to 5,039.78. Equity markets around the globe retreated after the Shanghai stock exchange ...