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Half-filled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
Another set of dismal data again failed to get Wall Street down last night. Big-named US companies that reported their second quarter results overnight came up short of expectations and worse, some even downgraded their earnings guidance. Data out on ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... results and negative economic data. The Street didn't like what it saw. Investors sold... heavily. Wall Street returned last night, still pondering the tug o' war between good company profit results and negative economic data. The Street still didn't ...

Saved by BP and Goldman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... to pay for peace of mind! Without these good news distracting investors' attention from the not so good US releases last night, Wall Street would have ended down, sentiment would take a hit and make it that little bit harder to continue the bounce we've ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... overnight. "(It is) not unexpected, given the wishy washy performance in overseas markets and in commodities markets last night," he said. "When you get that sort of lead... you're going to get a pretty ordinary day and that's what we've got." Mr Heffernan ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... the other end of that trade? Buying what they're selling? For sure, there were lingering nasty reports that were out last night. But they were ignored or spun positively. Moody's downgraded Portugal by two notches to A1 from Aa2 because the country's ...

Paul does it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
The Australian share market had slipped into the red by noon, after opening stronger following another strong night overseas. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down three points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,353.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... flash... with a flick of a switch like they do their TV dinners. Talking heads, printed and cyber-media point attribute last night's gains on Wall Street to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lifting of its global growth forecast and the better-than-expected ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... US equities rose only about half a per cent the day the others jumped between 2 per cent and almost four per cent. Last night they decided not to be left behind (or is it because they finally got round to reading my commentary on this space yesterday?). ...

Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... major markets for foreign-currency reserve investment." And it is looking so. European equity markets produced a sharp last night. The benchmark Stoxx 600 index increased by 2.6 per cent but Spain's IBEX 35 index climbed even more - up 3.6 per cent - ...