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Surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... the sale of these items. Perhaps they are selling their houses on Ebay? Its share price jumped more than 12 per cent last night. Electronic firm Radioshack beat earnings estimates by 59 per cent! And those dead financials? Bank of America, Wells Fargo ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... index contract was trading 99 points lower at 3666 on a volume of 14,753 contracts. "The financial stocks in the US last night really brought their market down, and we have suffered the net impact of that," CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said. "We've ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... And that this makes it highly vulnerable to disappointment. Wall Street's developing bubble has been pricked again last night. But no, nothing has changed from last week. Positive news has been flowing along with the bad. The bad news first. The US Conference ...

Fiji Reserve Bank imposes credit controls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
The political and financial nightmare facing Australian financial institutions in their long-time captive market of Fiji is getting worse by the day. They look to have little choice but to co-operate with harsh new regulations imposed on them by the ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... donations to and the CEOs with their private jets. What could be the underlying reason behind the IMF's gloomy report last night? What purpose does it serve by again trying to destroy confidence that over the past few weeks have been slowly returning? ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... have you. From their vantage point, doom and gloom will continue to prevail. No doubt the unconverted would point to last night's 12.8 per cent year-on-year fall in US industrial production and how capacity utilisation has fallen to a record low of 69.3 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... overseas, but the Australian market is proving its resilience once again," Mr Halliday said. "The move in commodity prices last night I think has been seen as quite a positive, and that has been reflected in the big resource stocks," he said. Most mining ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
Wall Street retreated last night apparently shocked at reports of an unexpected fall in US retail sales. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales fell 1.1 per cent in March with sales ex-autos declining 0.9 per cent. Expectations were for ...

Pocketing the change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... banking industry took the speech too seriously. It is just as well that there were more positive news out of the US last night or I'll be pulling more hair off my already balding head. Investor's Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence reported ...

Away for Easter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... sleeping, Wall Street stumbled again overnight. After four weeks of consecutive gains, Wall Street took a breather last night and gave back a little of its previous gains. Yes, you read it right - took a breather. The S&P 500 dipped 0.8 per cent while ...