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Convince me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... "big disappointment" that the ADP private employment data created. ADP reported an addition of only 38,000 private sector jobs in May, down from April's 177,000 addition and expectations for an 180,000 increase. So disappointed were "forecasters" that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... for a softer day," Mr Chatterton said. "It will be down, I expect, over one per cent, maybe a little bit more than that." Jobs and manufacturing data suggesting weaknesses in the US economy sent the US stock market plunging overnight, wiping out the ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... longer net savers and depend, along with every corporation that uses credit or relies on consumer spending, on government jobs and welfare more so than ever before. QE1 supported investment until it was finished. A sell off post-QE2 will be preempted ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... afford to buy our houses) have had a hand. And did you catch a glimpse of the 22,100 drop in April employment, where 49,100 jobs vanished? Not a nice sight, isn't it? Even more ugly was the sight of the RBA - in its May Board meeting minutes - telling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... higher at 4,789, with 22,619 contracts traded. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser Helen Spencer said the better than expected jobs data, released on Friday night local time, had boosted investor sentiment. That was seeing investors buy stocks that had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Monday after surprisingly strong jobs data out of the United States on Friday saw overseas markets rise. On the ASX 24 at 0704 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was eight points higher ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... non-farm payrolls report - the mother of all economic reports - for April did it. The economy created an additional 244,000 jobs over the month - the biggest one-month gain in 11 months and more than even the most optimistic forecast for a gain of 200K. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... gold and other metal prices in overseas trade overnight. The falls were caused by a rise in the US dollar and disappointing jobs data in the US, which raised concerns about future demand. BHP Billiton was down 79 cents, or 1.74 per cent, at $44.65, and ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... are made-up excuses to fit the end result. Excuses, excuses. Wall Street fell while we slept because the ADP private sector jobs data was lower than markets expected. ADP reported an addition of only 179,000 to private payrolls in April while the market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... economic recovery put markets on edge on Wednesday. Stocks fell after payroll processor ADP said companies added 179,000 new jobs in April, far fewer than economists had expected. That raised worries about what the government's monthly jobs report for ...