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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight and a mixed performance on European bourses after disappointing US retail sales data and concern remaining over the euro zone. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... Fund (IMF) raised its global growth forecasts but warned that risks are still elevated and conditions remain fragile. US retail sales and the leading index rose by more than expected but jobless claims, industrial production, the Empire State and Philly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street as investors weigh better-than-expected US retail sales numbers, a sharp slowdown in New York manufacturing and renewed eurozone debt tensions. At 0750 AEST on Tuesday ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... rate has declined notably in recent months." And we're now beginning to see this flow through into consumer spending. US retail sales rose increased by 1.1% in February - the strongest rise in five months. A more up-to-date tally by the International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... looks set to open higher after strong gains on Wall Street on robust German economic data and stronger than expected US retail figures. At 0705 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 4,293. In economic news ...

Not enough US retail hedge funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... very small," noted a whitepaper issued by the Infovest hedge fund research group. "Of the $11 trillion in the [broad] US retail [funds] market, only about $100 billion is in alternative 40 Act funds. While there is still growth potential in the institutional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... six-month high, despite eurozone finance ministers putting a Greek bailout on hold and the release of disappointing US retail data. The 17-nation bloc had demanded that Greece's finance minister come to Brussels with an extra 325 million euros ($A400.67 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... 1,350. The Nasdaq composite is up a fraction of a point at 2,932. LONDON - European stocks slipped after disappointing US retail sales data, having largely taken in stride a Moody's ratings cut on six European nations due to the eurozone crisis. Moody's ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... financial markets be more spooked off their pants? Better the financial press use the indications from the latest update on US retail sales. Ahhh... but this too could be spun depending on which way the stock indices performed. Dow down because US retail ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... generate much commotion as investors ploughed into now cheap markets. On the positive side, the markets cheered strong US retail sales after the Thanksgiving holiday. In London, the FTSE-100 index of top companies rose 2.87 per cent to 5,312.76 points. ...