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Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... housing report? The contradiction lies in the fact that only two days ago, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo report showed that its index of US builder confidence rose to 16 in May - the highest level since last September 2008 - following ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... direction. Capital is coming back and credit is loosening. You want proof? The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of US builder confidence rose to 16 in May - the highest level since last September - following an increase to 14 in ...

Surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... night. Electronic firm Radioshack beat earnings estimates by 59 per cent! And those dead financials? Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Capital One, American Express, Fifth Third Bancorp, PNC Financial Services were among the names that posted strong gains ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... including PNC Financial Services Group, which boosted other bank stocks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Poor results from other companies however, such as UPS and steelmaker Nucor, signaled trouble. Economic data was downbeat ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... districts reported weaker conditions. Where Wall Street sat, it also saw that US homebuilders confidence returning. The Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index rose to 14 in April - the highest since October ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... Easter added to encouraging data on durable goods, housing and job cut announcements released over the past fortnight. Wells Fargo's announcement of a US$3 billion net income for the first quarter - more than twice market expectations - provided the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... higher on Thursday, buoyed by positive corporate and economic news from the US, including an upbeat statement from Wells Fargo, which lifted banks. The London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares added 58.19 points, or 1.48 per cent, to 3,983.71 points. ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... overnight was due to news that Moody's may cut JP Morgan's credit rating and that it is reviewing the credit ratings of Wells Fargo and Bank of America. You can't help but love credit rating agencies, can you? They only decide to check if it is raining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... industry. A key gauge of homebuilders' confidence sank to a new low this month. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index released Wednesday afternoon dropped one point to 8 in January. The index was at 9 for the previous ...

Magellan Global tops overseas shares manager list

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... when they bought them back in mid-2007, when the fund was launched. Douglass said they sold out of Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Lloyds TSB when these banks were trading at or near their record-highs. Among the fund's stockpicks in consumer staples ...