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All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... barrel, we've got the blues on the run..." -- Beer Barrel Polka by Vejvoda and IngriA! Roll out the barrel cause the All Ords' on a run. Roll out the barrel, it's broken five thousand! It's got a feel good factor in it, 'ey? The All Ordinaries Index ...

Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... "Ugliest' of times ahead." But those who became greedy in 2012 were handsomely rewarded. The S&P 500 gained 13.4%, the All Ords rose by 13.5%, the DJ Euro Stoxx by 15.5%, the Nikkei-225 by 22.9% and even the Shanghai Composite Index notched a still positive ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... uptrend has accelerated since the Australian central bank handed its first interest rate cut back in May this year. The All Ords posted a 10.3% appreciation in the year to the end of October -- a significant improvement from the 0.6% gained in the first ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... return OF capital. Over this timeframe, the S&P 500 has gained 10.6%; the Nikkei's up 10.3%, the FTSE-100's up 11.4%; the All Ords' up 9.4% and the Euro Stoxx's up... wait for it, 18.1%. Shoulda? Woulda? Coulda? Those that want to be sure their capital's ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... the month - and that's the good news. Here are the other indices in ascending order of worseness: FTSE100, down 7.3%, All Ords, down 7.5%; DJ Euro Stoxx, down 8.2%; Nikkei-225, down 10.3%. Third time unlucky. These are worse than their performance in ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... reduction in the official cash rate yesterday. Yes, only in our dreams! But Australians all should be grateful that the All Ords index rose by 0.7%, taking its year-to gain up by 9.4% because the A$ eased (down 0.9%) against the US$ because of the rate ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... of Kev back on 24 June 2010 and the ending (?) of him yesterday. The table below shows the relative performance of the All Ords before and after Kev. % increase from March 2009 low to 23 Jun 2010 to 25 Feb 2012 All Ords 44.9 41.0 S&P500 61.4 101.9 DJ ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... set to finish January on the up and up - a positive indication of things to come if you believe the January effect. The All Ords has already risen by 5.8% to date, though it still has to about 16.5% to climb to claw back its 11 April 2011 high of 5,064.9 ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% increase. Still, these were no match for the double-digit gains recorded in the bourses ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... per cent, at 4,218.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index slumped 122.2 points, or 2.77 per cent, to 4,284.0. The All Ords fell the most since September 12. The December share price index futures contract was 100 points lower at 4237 points, with ...