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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... posted modest gains on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as the market proved resilient to disappointing manufacturing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.45 points to 12,394.66, while the broader S&P 500 index added 4.19 to at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... posted modest gains on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as the market proved resilient to disappointing manufacturing data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.45 points (0.31 per cent) to finish at 12,394.66. The broader S&P 500 index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... points, to end at 2,767.06. Hong Kong and Shanghai extended Monday's poor performance after HSBC released preliminary manufacturing data suggesting China's economy was slowing down. In Tokyo, Sony, which is reeling from Japan's March 11 earthquake and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... and Shanghai shares were sold amid concerns over a slowdown on the mainland after early data from HSBC suggested manufacturing had slowed in May. In other markets, Singapore closed 1.83 per cent lower, Taipei fell 1.01 per cent, Manila closed 0.51 per ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... in April mean? Or the latest slump - to its lowest level since October --- in the Philadelphia Fed's measure of manufacturing activity? Or the biiger-than-expected 0.8 per cent decline in US existing home sales? Aren't these indicators indicating that ...

Avoca patient on industrials evolution

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Emerging Leaders fund, see far more value in small industrials than small resources, naming companies in retail, manufacturing and technology as preferred stocks. The Bennelong Avoca Emerging Leaders fund is a joint venture with Bennelong Funds Management. ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... year-on-year. Up ahead you'll also see the flat US industrial production numbers in April and the 0.4 per cent fall in manufacturing production. So there, it's bad news all around. But, Oh yes, I'm not finished yet. Haven't we taken the same tour last ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... easy thing to do particularly given the latest weaker-than-expected readings on US private employment, the ISM non-manufacturing index, jobless claims and productivity in recent days. Oh no! There won't be anyone buying commodities no more! Sell gold ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Wall Street might hear you. Wall Street fell while we slept because the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped big time in April to its lowest level in eight months. OMG we're in trouble now! The ISM non-manufacturing index ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... data showing US durable goods orders rose by 2.9 per cent in March and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index remaining above 60 for the fourth straight month in April. Nothing's really changed with regards to first quarter US company ...