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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing index (PMI) for July is due out, as is the RP Data monthly house prices figures for June and July. In equities news, Woodside Petroleum holds its general meeting to vote on the buyback of shares ...

So bad it's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than expected in March (so did the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month." Add to this last night's positive indication ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than expected in March (so did the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month." Surely, these good stats are good for at ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... April; the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city house price index came in more than expected in March (so did the FHFA measure of house prices); consumer confidence advanced to 83 in May from 81.7 in the previous month. US manufacturing's expanding, US house prices ...

Easy CBs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... in the Bank of England's (BOE) minutes too. The economy is fast gaining momentum, there's concern over escalating house prices but... there's still the question over slack in the economy. But perhaps, the BOE might be getting close to a tightening. "For ...

A tall tale of a good story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... the GFC. And talkin' bout US home prices, the better-than-expected and stronger than the previous month's gain in house prices released simultaneously the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) got no mention. We know the answer to that, don't we? It'll ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... lagging indicator. Upbeat Australian stats - retail spending, building approvals, NAB business conditions survey, house prices - reported recently points to improvement in the labour market sometime probably by the second half of this year. Tony and ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Bucking the trend of producing New Year outlook, Credit Suisse has considered remote scenarios including house prices rising by more than 10% and the dollar appreciating to post float highs in a new research paper. Entitled "Wild Ideas Down-under for ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Revenues? Never mind them, the number of 'eyeballs' were enough reason to buy. The same way that the 'thought' that house prices would rise 'forever' was enough justification to buy CDOs in the mid-2000s. And then, the GFC. Sorry, I didn't mean to scare ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... create an inflationary environment at home in Australia as well. "The currency is too high, growth is too low and house prices are growing too fast. The Reserve Bank only has interest rate movements to control these three issues and the inflation target ...