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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... stocks rallied late in trading, powered by the banking sector on expectation the US congress will approve President Barack Obama's plan to stimulate the recession-hit US economy. In London the FTSE 100 index added 15.74 points, or 0.37 per cent, to close ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... according to Bloomberg, the ugly US payrolls number in January 'would force Congress to reach a compromise on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package'. The employment report showed that 598,000 more jobs were lost last month - the biggest ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... market value as buyers have long vanished. This is perhaps why US equities took as positive rumours that President Barack Obama's latest stimulus package could include the creation of a bad bank - an 'Aggregator Bank' -- that will buy and stock illiquid ...

Oil up, equities down: Feng Shui Index

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Global equity markets will remain volatile, the cost of oil will rise and US President Barack Obama's popularity will wane are just a few predictions from this year's CLSA Feng Shui Index. Asian investment and brokerage group CLSA's Feng Shui Index ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... US economic and financial situation continues to burn while the politicians fiddle. In spite of the goodwill that Barack Obama took with him to the Oval office and the fact that he has already etched a 'game plan' to tackle the global financial mess ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... index closed at 3283.6. NEW YORK - US stocks eked out small gains Monday in choppy trade as investors eyed President Barack Obama's stimulus plan weaving through Congress. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 38.47 points (0.48 per cent) to settle at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... investors are looking for insights into what steps the new administration will take to shore up the economy. President Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee, Timothy Geithner, was on Capitol Hill for his Senate confirmation hearing. He asked Congress ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the 44th President of the United States and its First non-white commander-in-chief. Compared with the protests ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
Tomorrow is the inauguration of Mr. Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. What does the day after tomorrow hold? Long before this event, the media had already been speculating on what First Lady-elect Michelle Obama would be wearing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... 2,989.69. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share index rose slightly on Monday, boosted by gains on Wall Street and optimism about Barack Obama's inauguration as US president, dealers said. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 26.70 points, or 0.32 per cent ...