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Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... Commerce Department and the University of Michigan. They're no longer scared of dipping into their savings. Reports that the Chicago Purchasing Managers index rose by more than expected in January continues to trend of strengthening manufacturing activity ...

Liquidnet taps Malaysian equities

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... equity markets across five continents. The firm is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston, London, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore.

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... US economy has awakened from its summer siesta. If financial markets ignored the better-than-expected readings on the Chicago PMI and consumer confidence published yesterday, they'll have to have their eyes checked if they still ignored the avalanche ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Chairman Ben Bernanke saying, "...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." There's Chicago Fed President Evans, "The US economy is best described as being in a bona fide liquidity trap" so "in my opinion, much more ...

Good for nothing war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... he said that, "Additional purchases have the ability to ease financial conditions." Last night, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Charles Evans, backed his Chairman saying that the slow improvement on the US jobs front requires "more accommodation". Beggar ...

S&P and ASX launch Aussie "fear index"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... average of the implied volatility incorporated into the options. The calculation will use proprietary methodology of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). "The new volatility index will provide investors, financial media, researchers and economists ...

AMP Capital launches global infra fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... and transport. The fund will be headed up by Craig Noble and managed internationally from Hong Kong, Sydney, London and Chicago where on the ground teams are expected to remain abreast of local infrastructure developments. "The fund delivers retail investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... the economy led many investors to exit the market completely. Low volume also can exaggerate swings in the market. The Chicago Board Options Exchange's Volatility Index rose 3.02, or 13.5 per cent, to 25.39. The VIX is known as the market's fear gauge ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... losses at the closing bell after separate economic reports showed better-than-expected readings of consumer sentiment and Chicago-area business activity. The Dow lost 1.22 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 10,465.94 while the broader S&P 500 index gained ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... data are due out tonight... and they could contain nasty surprises. US real GDP, the employment cost index (ECI), the Chicago Purchasing managers survey and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index are all set for release this evening. At ...