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Bumps along the way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
US Payrolls. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Yes Virginia, the greatly speculated, the much awaited, the indicator that'll set the tone in the financial markets over the next four weeks, that mother of all eco stats -- the US Non-farm Payrolls ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... per cent, while the 30-year was flat at 3.11 per cent. LONDON - European stocks were little changed as the European Central Bank kept interest rates at record lows but gave no indication of when or if it may give the eurozone economy a further boost. ...

Future Fund returns 5.4pc for Q1

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
The Future Fund yesterday released its portfolio update for the quarter ending 31 March 2012, showing a return for the quarter at 5.4% and 2.2% for the financial year to date. The results show that since the first contribution to the Future Fund on ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... or 68.26 points, to 20,741.45 and Shanghai was 0.35 per cent lower, slipping 8.38 points to 2,396.32. In Tokyo the central bank said it would increase its asset purchase program by Y5 trillion ($A60 billion) to Y70 trillion, its latest move to breathe ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... And now it's turning out just as it was written. Our BFF Ben just reminded us yesterday. And so did the European Central Bank and Frauline Merkel. Those who bought-op the S&P 500 on this day would have added another 3.05% to their loot. Gloat, gloat ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... continues and that inflation stays close to target." Hit it one more time, for Ben's a jolly good fella. The European Central Bank and Germany also looks like they're beginning to see my point of view (and my attachment to JMK- John Maynard Keynes) - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight after blockbuster profits from Apple, a solid showing by Boeing, and the US Federal Reserve predicted the US economic growth would pick up. At 0800 AEST on Thursday ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... win-win for Wall Street to me. The Fed's committed to making the recovery stick. And so are all other government and central bank authorities around the world. Simply because it is in no one's best interest to see economies go down the drain. Not even ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... higher at 2,406.86 on hopes China will announce monetary easing measures soon after comments to that effect from a central bank official this week. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 8.95 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 3,516.23. Within the index, 24 stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... provided a soft lead after falling on disappointing corporate earnings. A report in Chinese state media that the central bank would boost liquidity in the nation's giant economy provided some regional support. Tokyo slipped 0.82 per cent, or 78.88 points ...