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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... gains on Friday to end a strong week on an upbeat note, as investors shrugged off disappointing data showing that US unemployment had risen above 10 per cent in October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 17.46 points, or 0.17 per cent, to close ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... to 47.7 in October from 53.4 in the previous month - lower than expectations for a small dip to 53.2. With the US unemployment rate at 9.8 per cent (September 2009) and rising, who wouldn't be? Add to this higher petrol prices (up 69 per cent from the ...

Playing chicken with tyres

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... and its exports plunged 61 per cent. Ouch! We all know what happened thereafter - the depression deepened. The US unemployment rate jumped from 7.8 per cent in 1930 to 25.1 per cent three years later. This should be nipped in the bud - and quick before ...

Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... indicate that economic activity is improving yesterday. There was more testosterone for the market last night with US unemployment claims falling to 550,000 - they were expected to fall to 560,000 - from 576,000 in the previous week. As well, continuing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... markets rose on Friday after the White House suggested the US economy had pulled back from the brink following a key US unemployment report that showed the number of job losses slowed in July. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 41.03 points ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... impatience right here, right now to expect companies to deliver a bottomline not written in red? The rise in the US unemployment rate in June was the spark that started this renewed wave of pessimism. True, jobless people spend less. Less spending equals ...

Of bulls, bears and flatliners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... be something for everyone to grab onto to support their convictions. For the bears. Last week's news that the US unemployment rate rose to a 26-year high of 9.5 per cent in June indicate that the green shoots have withered. Rising joblessness, along ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... cheaper on Monday," he said. Mr Morrow said the US market had been depressed by poor jobless figures, which showed US unemployment rising 0.1 point to 9.5 per cent, with about 467,000 jobs shed in June. "The unemployment numbers were worse than expected ...

No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... recession is over - from as brief as two months in the early 70s and early 80s to a longer 20 months in 2001. US Unemployment Rate Recession Mths in Unemp Mths to Start End Recession Peak Peak# 1953-54 2.60% 5.70% 10 6.10% 5 1958 4.10% 6.70% 8 7.50% ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... and headed north even now that GM is already bankrupt. The S&P fell even deeper on 20 April. The excuse - the US unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 per cent in March from 8.1 per cent the previous month. The market recovered and headed north even now that ...

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