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Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
Ain't this just a swell way to start a fresh month? I can almost hear equity markets around the globe singing, "Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah! I'm floating around in ecstasy So ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... doesn't want to be caught on the wrong side of the trade. Particularly because important US economic data are due out tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... jobless claims figures - they've been practically going nowhere (flat) this year. However, the same could not be said for tonight's US non-farm payrolls report. Financial markets have pencilled in a 125K drop in overall employment in June largely due ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... "We will have to see what Asia is doing around noon for a bit of direction." "We are still waiting for the us markets tonight. It could be quite interesting to see the outcomes from that." At 1228 AEST, David Jones shares were down five cents, or 1.11 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... week, she said. "You're certainly seeing things on the softer side as you're not going to get a lead from Wall Street tonight," Ms Spencer said. "That's keeping trading conditions softer, plus the weak lead we got from Wall Street on Friday." The Dow ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... calculations show that Europe's Dow Jones Euro Stoxx index would need to jump by almost 7.9 per cent when it trades later tonight to wipe off all of its May losses. Australia's All Ordinaries index needs a rally of around 355 points -- or 7.9 per cent ...

Nein to naked shorts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... own. Yes Virginia, we're back to 2008. Naked short selling will be banned in Germany when their clocks strike midnight tonight -- and there it will remain till 31 March 2011. Germany's BaFin financial services regulator announced that it would ban naked ...

Don't know where to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... there you have it. A week that told us the same story. But the week is not over for Wall Street yet. It'll be a big one tonight with US retail sales, consumer confidence and business inventories slated for release. We may finally see some real direction. ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... room. Last night's economic updates really didn't do it for Wall Street as it continues to gnaw on its fingers waiting for tonight's delivery...of America's employment report. Most US retailers posted better-than-expected same store sales results for ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... re-confirmation of Ben Bernanke for a second term. President Obama will make his first State of the Union speech later tonight. By all indications, it would contain populist rhetoric. He could say whatever he wants but at the end of the day, no amount ...