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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... been calling for a pull-back but I think the volume and speed that this is occurring may be catching a few people by surprise. "There's a lot of selling and it's on very, very good volume." ANZ Banking Group on Thursday reported an 11 per cent fall in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... Street shares jumped Thursday on mostly positive third quarter corporate earnings, which helped the market look past a surprise rise in new claims for unemployment benefits. The market shook off a weak start in early trading as investors weighed fresh ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... as we approach 5000 points and BHP (BILLITON) gets to $40, the market will get a bit tentative," he said. "It wouldn't surprise me if it became a bit more reflective as it gets closer over the next few months... could get there at Christmas." Mr Wright ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... until the third quarter reporting season is over, financial market mood will remain uncertain. Every pleasant profit surprise will be greeted by rallies and nasty ones by selling. But even selling has become subdued in recent months. Because fear has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... result from US banking bellwether JPMorgan had pushed both Wall Street and Australia's major lenders higher. "There's no surprise we're in positive territory again today... given the really strong lead from European and US markets," Mr Lewis said. "Today ...

Carpe Diem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Dow 10,000! So now...tell me...how do you put a negative spin on that? Not when Annie's tomorrow becomes today. "The sun'll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There'll be sun!" Tomorrow's taken a year to come, but it has come. The ...

Show me the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... its actual earnings. But unlike the second quarter reporting season when Meredith produced a rabbit out of the hat - a surprise upgrade when most walled up in the Street was pessimistic on earnings - her revised recommendation is well...ho hum. Meredith ...

Earnings surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
... Alcoa's better-than-expected bottomline is concerned. It was eerily similar to the second quarter where the pleasant profit surprise was mainly driven by cost reduction (labour and raw materials) and not rising demand. Cost cutting - mainly through headcount ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... always going to be this way, especially with an economy on the crossroads. Some data will disappoint, some will pleasantly surprise. But do these justify cementing the letters U or W on the global economic outlook? Not by a long shot. It just shows how ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
The Australian sharemarket is likely to open lower on Friday after US equities slumped on a surprise drop in home sales, and commodity prices also declined overnight. At 0650 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...