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China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
To nationalise or not to nationalise - that is the question. US equity markets continued to reel on speculation that America would soon become a Socialist State - that is it would control finance which is the lifeblood of the economy. Among notable ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... brought home the point that Main Street is roasting. After initially fluctuating between both sides of zero, the US equity market closed its first trading day after the weekend G20 Summit down by more than 2 per cent. While the magnitude of last night's ...

Is offshore investment necessary?

A Financial Standard analysis on the correlation between the Australian and US equity markets shows there is a strong connection between the two bourses and that the relationship has grown stronger over the past 12 months. While the Financial Standard ...

One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
So what is it going to be? The US equity market does not seem to know which way it is headed. One day it rallies sharply as investors convinced themselves that the worst of the crisis in the US financial sector maybe nearing the end, the next day it ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... Energy Information Administration of a bigger-than-expected increase in crude oil stockpiles. This reversed the US equity market's earlier fall on weaker-than-expected earnings reports from Freddie Mac and mortgage insurer Ambac Financial. Freddie Mac ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The US equity market's performance continues to be dictated by the inflow of economic indicators during this data-filled week. Australian equities, in turn, dance to its tune. The local bourse maintained its gains at the close of yesterday's trading ...

More Fed pump-priming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... over the US financial system and should douse speculation that interest rates will rise anytime soon. However, US equity market gains were tempered by the rebound in crude oil prices overnight. Prices jumped US$4.58 to US$126.77 a barrel after the release ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Australian equity market could get a breather today supported by a strong lead from Wall Street overnight. The US equity market reversed all of the previous day's losses last night on the back of a better-than-expected US consumer confidence report and ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
The Australian equities market powered ahead at noon as rising optimism about the troubled US financial sector helped boost local banking stocks. At 1205 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had spiked 154.5 points, or 3.18 per cent, to 4994.4, while ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian share market shifted downward at midday, driven by heavy losses in the financial sector and only slight gains in the mining sector. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 25.2 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 5304, while the ...