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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... are the star performers today. "James Hardie, benefiting from some broker upgrades and some positive commentary on US housing overnight... is certainly helping to flow through to stocks like (fellow building materials supplier) Boral. "We have seen a ...

Fed brawn, RBA brains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... first increase since July of 2006 and the biggest rise since May of the same year. This furthers the view that the US housing market has already left bottom, if not yet on a full-fledged recovery. "...companies from Office Depot Inc. to Coach Inc. posted ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... Bears: Treasuries have risen almost 200 bps since the lows in late 2008; rising yields prevent quick reparation in the US housing market and extend the recession. IMF global growth forecast. Bulls: The Fund upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast to ...

Stocks and bonds agree on recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... on US 10-year Treasuries - fell while we were sleeping. Rising benchmark rates threaten further improvement in the US housing market through higher mortgages. But if you look at the yield history of US 10-year Treasuries, they have been steadily rising ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... -- and what we'll continue to witness -- as activity seeks it equilibrium level. ' So where's the confusion with the US housing report? The contradiction lies in the fact that only two days ago, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo report ...

De-stressing the stress test

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... during the period and are up 127.3 per cent from a year ago. Lowered interest rates are impacting positively on the US housing market. And perhaps soon, jobs too. The ADP/Macroeconomic Advisers private employment decreased by 491,000 in April following ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... to be unclogging, equity markets are cheering. Wall Street staged another rally last night on better-than-expected US housing data and a rise in China's purchasing managers index above 50 - indicating that manufacturing there is once again expanding. ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... rising consumer confidence, lower mortgage rates and climbing equity markets could provide a positive feedback to the US housing market that would hopefully turn this into a sustainable upturn.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
... Australian share market is expected to open higher after Wall Street shares rallied on Tuesday following a surprise jump in US housing starts. Gold, silver and copper prices were weaker, while oil was higher. At 0741 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

AMP holds LPT strategy, wins mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... estate investment trusts (REITs) perform very well, the key to getting there is the financial system and really the US housing market." Sticking to its strategy may be paying off after the firm received a $50 million global REIT mandate from an undisclosed ...