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Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... more confusion. What's an investor to do? Do what Wall Street did, that's what... sit on his hands and wait. More data. The ISM non-manufacturing index increased to a reading of 54.0 in January, up 1.0 from December's 53.0 reading and better than the ...

Mmm bargains, hmm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... inventories building up in US factories and potentially confirms the slowing indicated in the previous day's disappointing ISM manufacturing index report. Having said that, it remains uncertain whether the US stats we looked at over the past few weeks ...

I swear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Dow ended 2.1% lower, the Nasdaq finished 2.6% in the red as fresh eco stats put a big question mark on the US recovery. The ISM manufacturing index fell to a reading of 51.3 in January - a razor sharp 5.2-point drop from December's 56.5 reading and ...

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... scale back the program in light of a strong Institute of Supply Management reading on manufacturing activity in November. The ISM purchasing managers index for November rose to 57.3 from 56.4 the previous month, against expectations of a slight fall. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... unchanged, dipping 2.01 points to 23,036.94. The non-manufacturing numbers indicated the economy is showing signs of strength. The ISM purchasing managers' index for the service sector rose to 55.4 per cent in October - up from a September reading of ...

Impasse ends when Wall Street says stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013

Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Data diarrhoea

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013

Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... And last week's data was good. US construction spending and motor vehicle sales came in better than market expectations. The ISM manufacturing index peeked back up into expansion territory (50.9) in June with the strong gain in new orders indicating ...