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The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... hopes on him to lead them out of the desert and into the promise land. Already, some in the media are dusting off their statistics and speculating whether or not there will be an Obama bounce on inauguration day. Sadly, the odds are stack against such ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... the March Share Price Index futures contract was up ten points at 3,534. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its lending finance data for November. TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute release their Inflation Gauge ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... crisis, both states still project a robust non-oil GDP growth this year. But even with lower numbers after the GFC, statistics show that economic growth in the region is roughly three to four per cent, or as high as six per cent higher than in other ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Media coverage of Australia's employment statistics had been unanimously negative. But is it? The ink has barely dried on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for December 2008 when headlines flashed one after another about ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... March Share Price Index futures contract was down 104 points at 3,561. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes Labour Force Data for December. The Reserve Bank of Australia monthly Bulletin is due. In company events, Athena ...

Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... purchases were excluded (underlying retail sales). This was down 3.1 per cent - the sharpest monthly decline since statistics were collected back in 1967. Year-on-year, overall retail sales fell by 7.9 per cent and by 5.6 per cent excluding auto sales. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... for owner-occupied housing rose 1.3 per cent in November, seasonally adjusted, to 49,192, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. Wesfarmers lost ground, down 61 cents or 3.49 per cent to $16.88, after the company said it expects first ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... the March Share Price Index futures contract was steady at 3,623. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to publish Housing Finance Data for November. On Tuesday, the Australian stock market closed lower, weighed upon by a ...

The January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009
... set the stage for a market rebound that could last until the end of the month and hopefully beyond. However, economic statistics set for release in the next two weeks are not expected to be equity-friendly either. Worse, they could show that global fortunes ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers." (Paul Keating). What is? The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding ...