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Headlining the core

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... optimism. Investors have every right to be worried if, indeed, the cost of goods and services continue to head north. Last night's report that UK inflation jumped to 4.0 per cent - double the Bank of England's target ceiling -- in the year to January ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... movement," Mr Hickson said. "We followed the US down and we're just holding there. "There was a flare up again in Egypt last night. That's probably one of the main drivers for our market. "Telstra is probably the biggest mover to the upside, contributing ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Street went nowhere overnight? The Dow closed just a little bit (0.1 per cent) lower. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended last night's session just a tad (0.1 per cent) higher. It was hilarious reading the almost "real-time" read on The Street this morning. ...

Inflated inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... at the same time drive commodity prices higher. And given Big Ben's testimony before the US House Budget Committee last night, the money tap will continue to flow. There's really nothing new in his testimony, just a rehash of his 26 January one. Yup ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... higher on positive leads from offshore trading. "Gains in the resources follows on from a very strong profit in London last night from Xstrata, one of the leading coal and mineral companies in the world," he said. OZ Minerals was higher, too, up four ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... recovery to be truly established." These were the words spoken by Big Ben at the National Press Club in Washington last night. Oh yes, these very words came out of his mouth... but is this really what's in his mind? Reports show that US equities took ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's report last night that: "The extra yield investors demand to hold Spanish 10-year debt instead of similar-maturity benchmark German bunds dropped ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... leads." Cyclone Yasi is expected to cross the north Queensland coast between Cairns and Cardwell at 2200 AEST on Wednesday night, coinciding with the high tide. The major Australian insurers opened the day mixed. QBE was up seven cents at $17.30, but ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... wrote on this space, "it's just a matter of a few sleeps till we get used to seeing a 12 in front of the Dow index." Last night must have been that last sleep. The Dow closed above 12T for the first time since 19 June 2008 - up 1.3 per cent from the ...