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Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... expanding by 1.1% next year. And how could we talk of upside surprises without talking about the biggest economy of them all - America. There's plenty there, from jobs to the manufacturing indices, to profits, to increasing household wealth, to jobs ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... this point. It backtracked in mid-2010 on concerns over the European sovereign debt crisis and fears of a double-dip in America. It did so again in the middle of last year, for exactly the same reasons - plus the loss of the USA's triple-A. Will we see ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... economic recovery... " because "... a more robust recovery will lead to lower deficits and debt in coming years." Where would America be now without TARP and/or the Bush tax cuts and/or the cash for clunkers, and or QEs 1 and 2? So why is everyone and ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... one seemed to care about these negatives last night. They're all looking out for the positives. There were some out of America. There was the bigger-than-expected increase in the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index. It jumped to ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... that is, "what I said yesterday". Reports out of Europe continues to push (market sentiment) down while real stats out of America pull the other way. Europe push. European bond yields spiked anew after the yield on new 10-year bonds Spain auctioned last ...

Party in the making

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... US$1.71, more than 40% higher than its year-ago EPS of US$1.22 and beating market estimates of US$1.54 per share. And this great bottom line is not mainly due to cost reduction. Sales increased by 41.1% to US$15.71 billion in the third quarter from US$11.13 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... dollar liquidity into banks facing a shortage of the US currency. All 30 Dow blue-chips traded higher, led by Bank of America, which added 4.0 per cent after it said it would raise another $US1.5 billion in cash through the sale of a stake in Hospital ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher after world markets rallied on hopes the US Federal Reserve would respond to mounting signs of weakness in the global economy. At 0750 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... Great Depression." Its very first default was recorded in 1790. In 1841-42 nine of the states of the United States of America defaulted and 10 states did so again back in 1873-84. Financial markets have every right to be cautious until the fat lady sings. ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... a deal not being forged are just too great..." A Greek default would be a needle prick compared with a cannon blast if America does. But speaking of Greece - and Euro contagion -positive reports are coming out of there too. Finance ministers are meeting ...