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Another dead feline bounce

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... justify let along sustain the strong gains of the past three days. The Dow and the S&P 500 surged another three per cent last night, taking the Dow's total takings up by 5.8 per cent over the past three days and the S&P's by 6.1 per cent. How could this ...

Positive surprise beats Meredith's surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... reporting season is off...and so far, company results are running ahead of expectations. Wall Street continued to travel night while we were sleeping. The S&P 500 closed 0.5 per cent higher and the Dow was up 0.3 per cent. Nothing to write home about ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... local market had continued to rise since a strong opening. "The market started off particularly well after a good lead last night from Wall Street," Mr Walker said. "There was a positive report from an analyst on the banking sector, Goldman Sachs in ...

Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... themselves. Remember VP Joe's ponderings about a Stimulus Mark II? You're right Virginia, there were other news out last night that Wall Street could have easily taken as excuses to continue meandering south. There was Japan adding its voice to China ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... lower at 3,695 points on a volume of 13,795 contracts. "The market is following suit from the poor overseas markets last night, particularly the US," ABN Amro Morgans Ipswich Tony Russell said. "It's being led down by the resources sector. "Our financial ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... buried alongside MJ? The S&P 500 fell by two 2 per cent, the Dow was off 1.9 per cent and the Nasdaq lost 2.3 per cent. Last night's fall took Wall Street down to its lowest level in 10 weeks. If you believe the headlines, the sell-off was triggered ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... released overnight but all we got is more of the same - green shoots. American and European equities closed stronger last night, this time seeing the glass half full. It'salin the interpretation (spin?). The emergence of green shoots still divides market ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... markets were having a NOT happy EOFYS (end of financial year sale). The Dow and the S&P 500 closed short of one per cent last night. Share prices in the Eurozone and in Britain ended a bit over a per cent lower. Big deal. Wall Street still produced the ...

Banking customers get free anti-virus upgrade

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
Suncorp banking customers may be able to sleep a little easier at night after anti-virus and internet security specialist AVG signed a deal to provide a free trial of the tech company's security software to the bank's clients. The bank's customers receive ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... continuation of the equity market uptrend correct. Speaking of which, America's major stock market indexes jumped 2 per cent last night. As usual, talking heads found one hundred reasons and one for the market's rebound. From the upward revision in US ...