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Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... fact that US employment had been trending higher. They reckon that employment growth had been too slow 1.5 years into recovery. Really? It's easy to believe this hollow claim given the sensationalist negative headlines on America's labour market. But ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... metaphorical tomorrow not the "tomorrow" tomorrow. Wall Street rallied big time overnight on reports confirming that the US recovery is strengthening. The S&P 500 closed up 1.5 per cent, the Dow ended 1.7 per cent higher and the Nasdaq jumped 1.8 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... points (1.84 per cent) at 2,798.74. The market jump came as new data releases strengthened the view that the economic recovery is gaining pace. The government reported that initial jobless claims dropped to 368,000 in the week ending February 26, the ...

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... managers expect low central bank rates and mild inflation will continue to stimulate economic growth, feeding the global recovery and avoiding a double-dip recession. The anticipated return on global equities as in 2011 was 10 per cent. Equities in the ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... yesterday." - Diana Ross Yesterday Wall Street dropped big time "on concern rising energy costs will threaten the economic recovery." This was Bloomberg's - and most other financial market commentators' -- interpretation of yesterday's market action. ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... inflation." Big Ben also declared that, "More recently, however, we have seen increased evidence that a self-sustaining recovery in consumer and business spending may be taking hold... The combination of rising household and business confidence, accommodative ...

Macquarie Funds remove performance fee

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... He added that they have been able to pass on operational cost savings to clients through the reduction of the expense recovery estimate by six basis points. The benchmark that the fund will be set against will also change from the FTSE / Macquarie Global ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... tour in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region would send oil prices soaring and derail the fledgling global recovery or ignite inflation or both - stagflation. With reports like these, who wouldn't be spooked into seeking cover? All's now lost! ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... oil-rich country. IG Markets analyst Chris Weston said global markets were fighting a "tug-of-war" between signs of economic recovery in the US and the backdrop of a deteriorating global macro picture. "This is an oil story, how high does it go and what ...

Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... years -- against only US$928 million invested outside the US. A prudent move given recent indicators showing the economic recovery in the US and other developed economies is gaining momentum. Not to mention the rich valuation of emerging market equities ...