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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... Morgan Chase. On the Nasdaq, Apple added 2.2 per cent and Yahoo 2.8 per cent. The markets got a boost from the release of the ISM purchasing managers index for the manufacturing sector for June, which climbed 1.8 per cent from May, much better than economists ...

Sunny side up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... the disruptions to supply-chains resulting from Japan's 11 March calamity. The latest instalment being the rebound in the ISM manufacturing index to 55.3 in June from 53.5 in the previous month when markets were expecting a drop to 52. And sure enough ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... globally that suggest a bit of moderation in global growth," Ms Ong said. "The market is waiting on a key US equivalent (the June ISM) tonight, with hopes that it doesn't moderate too far," she said. Ms Ong said overall market sentiment remained positive ...

Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... expansion in Chinese manufacturing and that a slowdown is what Beijing (and you and your uncle) wants. The same goes for the US ISM manufacturing index. Believe! For the index has fallen sharply from 60.4 in April to only 53.5 in May. Forget that any ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... factory orders, strong durable goods orders, improving motor vehicles sales, and despite showing some easing in April, the ISM manufacturing index remained above 60 - much more than the level seen in the boom years (2006-2007) before the GFC. This is ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... worse. This was an easy thing to do particularly given the latest weaker-than-expected readings on US private employment, the ISM non-manufacturing index, jobless claims and productivity in recent days. Oh no! There won't be anyone buying commodities ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... upward momentum. Shhh, Wall Street might hear you. Wall Street fell while we slept because the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing index dropped big time in April to its lowest level in eight months. OMG we're in trouble now! The ISM ...

May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... consistent with data showing US durable goods orders rose by 2.9 per cent in March and the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index remaining above 60 for the fourth straight month in April. Nothing's really changed with regards to first ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... faire" which is literally translated to the Beatles' "let it be". Economics 101 taught me that laissez faire is an economic ism stipulating that the government should not intervene in legal transactions between economic agents. This philosophy is closely ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... than by 24.1 per cent increase in the price of base (or industrial) metals over the same period. Continued advances in the US ISM manufacturing index further confirms the improving global outlook. This index is a good leading indicator of the US economy ...