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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... economy, a closely-watched survey showed. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, following the lead from Wall Street after revised US growth figures showed the world's number one economy expanded slower than previously thought in the third quarter. Concerns ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... stock markets traded choppily on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average squeezed by a sharp downward revision to US growth figures and lingering political concerns in Washington and Europe. The Dow was down 53.59 points (0.46 percent) to 11,493.7 ...

Dead calm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
This morning I woke up to Reuter's headline screaming, "Stocks slide on weak US growth data" and Bloomberg's "European Stocks Drop as Euro Area Borrowing Costs Rise; Commerzbank Slumps". What could have scared the equities markets off again this time ...

Reverse contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... a contagion emanating from Europe -- it's easier to see the obvious after all -- but it could also be that stronger US growth that'll spread a reverse contagion.

Advice boutique gets image shake-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
Asteron-aligned dealer group Guardian has shed 'financial planning' from its title in a bid to shake-up the company's brand on its 10th anniversary. Guardian Advice, formerly known as Guardian Financial Planning, said the brand had become "tired" and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... European stocks jumped after Germany's parliament voted overwhelmingly to boost the eurozone rescue fund and positive US growth and unemployment figures. Frankfurt's DAX rose 1.10 per cent to 5,639.58 points and Paris 1.07 per cent to 3,027.65 points. ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... and employment..." There you see. And last night, The National Association of Business Economics (NABE) lowered their US growth forecasts to 1.7% (from 2.8%) this year and 2.3% (from 3.2%) in 2012, accounting for the natural catastrophes that hit this ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Chinese demand for Australian resources was likely to fall, investment bank JP Morgan said yesterday. Jing Ulrich, chair of global markets, China, for JP Morgan, said China had to contend with imbalances in its economy in the medium to long term. Speaking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... seen a little bit of a bounce back." Mr McCarthy expected local traders to remain cautious on continued fears about US growth, especially in the wake of downbeat US economic data. Overnight, payrolls firm ADP reported that a net 114,000 jobs were created ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... of time - signalling turning points in the economy 3-6 months ahead of time. The message from the latest ISM reading: US growth would remain lacklustre in the third quarter. Now we'll just have to wait for another ugly US employment number to be released ...