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VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... 7.7 in June - the lowest level in two years - from plus 3.9 per cent the month before, signalling a contraction in manufacturing activity in the region. This is the same message from the Empire State Manufacturing Index released the previous day. Oh ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... 76.7 per cent in May - unchanged from April and lower than its long-term average of 79.5 per cent. The Empire State Manufacturing Index plummeted to minus 7.8 in June - the lowest since last November - from plus 11.9 in May. Readings below zero signal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... that rising prices threaten to chew away at consumers' earnings. Meanwhile a Federal Reserve report showed that manufacturing in the New York region fared worse than expected. In Europe, protests swelled in Greece over the government's austerity measures. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... Industrial Average is in the midst of its longest streak of losses since 2004, following negative reports on jobs and manufacturing. Australian shares also lost further ground on Friday, posting their fifth weekly loss in the past six weeks. The benchmark ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... dropped to nine-month low in May - just ignore the fact that at 52, the index signals continued expansion in Chinese manufacturing and that a slowdown is what Beijing (and you and your uncle) wants. The same goes for the US ISM manufacturing index. Believe! ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Mr Chatterton said. "It will be down, I expect, over one per cent, maybe a little bit more than that." Jobs and manufacturing data suggesting weaknesses in the US economy sent the US stock market plunging overnight, wiping out the gains of previous days. ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... this but the dearer Australian dollar cannot also be discounted. The more expensive currency had already caused manufacturing activity to contract. The Australian Industry Group/PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... orders, strong durable goods orders, improving motor vehicles sales, and despite showing some easing in April, the ISM manufacturing index remained above 60 - much more than the level seen in the boom years (2006-2007) before the GFC. This is in stark ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... the rationales were selectively handpicked - jump in unemployment claims, disappointing Chicago and Richmond Fed manufacturing index, weak durable goods orders and falling house prices. And if that's not scary enough try another headline printing that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... data showing a preliminary HSBC Purchasing Managers Index had slipped to a 10-month low, pointing to a slowdown in manufacturing. After the markets closed, Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony reported its third annual loss in a row, but ...