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VIX says no fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... professional or otherwise - it was because America's economy is no longer deteriorating. Two reports proved it. US jobless claims declined by 16,000 to 414,000 in the week ended 11 June. This is good. The US economy is gaining strength because it's lower ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... cent showed no revision, disappointing market expectations for an upgrade to 2.2 per cent. Despite reports that US jobless claims rose by 10,000 heads last week to 424,000 when consensus expected a drop to 404,000 from the previous week's original 409,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 21.54 points (0.78 per cent) at 2,782.92. The market shrugged off dull data on new jobless claims and first-quarter GDP growth to score modest gains fairly evenly across the board, including the banking sector, after ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... equities ended higher because investors ignored negative reports and chose instead to focus on the volatile weekly jobless claims data. US jobless claims fell by 29K to 409K last week - better than expectations for a 420K tally -- "bolstering confidence ...

Silver bullet downs market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... 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 no more! Sell gold, sell oil, sell ...

China surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... shutdown has been staved off. As if. Being a Thursday (Friday Australian time), there's the regular update on US jobless claims. Yeah, the one that jumps around from one week to another. This week, the numbers were worst than market expectations. Claims ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... and Tuesday, before a rally Wednesday. Optimism was further buoyed by a bigger than expected drop in US weekly jobless claims. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares gained 97.88 points, or 1.75 per cent, to 5,696.11. Germany's DAX rose ...

Oil outlook flips on economy flop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... China than it sells to it. And speaking of consumer spending, there's a "we're in trouble" moment there too. US jobless claims rose by 26,000 to 397,000 in the week ended March 5. This was much more than consensus forecasts for a 376,000 gain. This would ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... - more than expectations for a 175,000 gain - from an upwardly revised 189,000 increase in the previous month. Jobless claims. They fell to 368,000 -- the lowest level for claims since May 2008 - ending 26 February. The four-week moving average of claims ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... revised 189,000 increase in the previous month. Today (yesterday's tomorrow), the Labor Department reported that jobless claims fell to 368,000 -- the lowest level for claims since May 2008 - ending 26 February. I've always said that this is a volatile ...