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La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... But no worries, it remains above the 50 expansion/contraction mark. And more no worries - all components of the index, except for inventories, were above 50. And in case your curious, the employment component rose to 56.1 last month from 53.3 in January ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Mondayitis. This and the flood of first-tier economic data set to be released later in the week will keep the Australian financial markets well, a bit out of sorts today. Friday night's performance on Wall Street was not telling enough to sway Australian ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... Overall US durable goods orders rose by a higher-than-expected 3.0 per cent in January. So what's wrong with that? Nothing! Except for the media latching on to the 0.6 per cent decline in durable orders ex-transportation. And to sensationalise this stat ...

Positive spin to bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Analyse this! US home sales tumble big time as Wall Street rises. Yes Virginia, the past two days of trading activity on The Street exemplifies the equity market's wild and wacky psychology -- that's if you're watching the daily ups and downs. Yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... at 4,629 on a volume of 14,427 contracts. Austock Securities senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said all sectors, except for property trusts and telcos, were strongly higher. "The gods are smiling at the moment," Mr Heffernan said. "The miners have ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... manufacturing index rose to 24.91 in February from 15.92 the previous month. A gain to 18.0 was expected. All components except for delivery time and inventories were in positive territory. A reading above zero indicates expansion. It would be a fallacy ...

Macq sovereign bond fund scoops $300m

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Fund, both of which don't charge management fees either. Gohil did not say where the $300 million investments were from except that it wasn't seeded by Macquarie and came from one of the country's largest financial institutions.

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... eleven months ago, when in March 2009 there was almost universal agreement that Australia had it in - it's doomed. Well...except perhaps the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU). "Job losses worst for 18 years" (AFR). "Australian Jobless Rate ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... with the effect of their stimulus packages," he said. Stammer also predicted most asset classes will provide good returns except, perhaps, long-term bonds and unlisted property. Looking beyond 2010, geopolitical risk will move up the list of things that ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... 55.9 the previous month to its highest pace since August 2004. All components were above the 50 expansion/contraction mark except for inventories which posted less of a decline. Prices paid, production, new orders, backlog of orders, supplier deliveries ...