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America's Eyjafjallajokull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... Eyjafjallajokull continues to spew ash, there may be a heavier fall-out when Goldman Sach's volcano explodes. Wall Street rose last night as companies reported better than expected earnings results. And guess which one stood out? Goldman Sachs! Yes ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... in place. The Street continued to celebrate the equity market indices breach of their psychological resistance level last night. To be sure, they could have gone the other way but no... not in the face of the "beautiful set of numbers" that were released ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... mark. While some market commentators were quick to dismiss the Dow's assault on 11,000 as sheer manipulation owing to last night's thin market volume - the breaking of this psychological resistance level should go a long way towards propelling the US ...

Paradox of thrift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... created in America last month. Hip, hip... Never mind that this is short of the forecast addition of 200K. Hooray! Last night, financial markets changed their minds and thought that this wasn't enough - and sold off. Jobs have not been growing strong ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... to hold at 9.7 per cent. The positive tone on Wall Street could have easily been negative. If trading closed lower last night, the headlines would have zeroed in on the 0.1 per cent fall in average hourly earnings to US$18.90. Not a great deal, really ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... local investors expected to be buoyed by positive US economic data published over the Easter break. Figures out on Friday night (Australian time) showed the US economy gained 162,000 jobs in March, which was the largest monthly increase in three years. ...

Flip-flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... "progressively to normal" and worried that delaying the bank's exit strategy could spawn another crisis in the future. Yet last night, he did delay. And why? Because if this "emergency collateral" measure is not extended the ECB could no longer accept ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... must have gotten up on the right side of the bed today. Well the Dow has been in 10 of the past 11 trading days. But last night, it was more cheerful. The pace of the Dow's upward march nearly doubled - closing almost 1 per cent higher on the day - compared ...

AMP targets women for planning

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... planner base but also practices looking to grow their businesses," said Tim Steele, director at AMP Horizons. "The networking night aims to provide more information to those considered a career in financial planning or current planners who may want to ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
The current US engagement with China might make Americans feel good but the consequences could be nasty. Last night's reports provide further evidence that the US economy continues to expand - without putting upward pressure on inflation. Improving. ...