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Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... above US$100 since September last year. The ghost of trouble present has also returned. Better-than-expected results on US jobless claims and private payrolls indicate that the Fed could really, truly taper soon. And if ex-Fed governor Laurence Meyer ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... Industrial Average rose 0.77 per cent to close above 15,000 points for the first time since June 19, following a drop in jobless claims and a big increase in pending home sales. The chief of the US Federal Reserve's New York branch, William Dudley, also ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... 1,613.20, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index increased 25.64 (0.76 per cent) to 3,401.86. The gains followed a drop in jobless claims and a big increase in pending home sales, fresh evidence that economic growth remains steady. Suggesting that ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... economy holds. Big Ben also told us to watch the data, did he not? Last night's disappointing US leading indicators and jobless claims data indicate that taper might not come soon. The rout, turmoil, carnage - call it what you like - in the financial ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... this is higher than the peak 5.8% reached (in 2009) during the global financial crisis - the same year NAB predicted the jobless rate to reach 7% and announced that "For 2009, we expect GDP to shrink by 0.25%- with a number of negative quarters during ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Madrid show that things are beginning to look up. Spain's Labour Ministry reported that the number of people filing for jobless benefits dropped for a second consecutive month in May, by 98,265 - the biggest ever decline. This good news comes on top ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... IBEX 35 index meanwhile jumped 0.95 per cent to close at 8,363 points, as official data showed that the queue of Spanish jobless benefit claimants had shrunk in May for a third straight month. The euro edged up to $US1.3080 from $US1.3076 late in New ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... mints coming. Wall Street up last Thursday because disappointing eco stats - second estimate of first quarter real GDP, jobless claims and pending home sales - imply Ben's printing press will continue to work overtime. The Street down the following day ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... Hip, hip. The equation. Disappointing US stats - Q1 real GDP growth revised lower to 2.4% from 2.5% (initial estimate) ; jobless claims increased by 10K last week; pending home sales rose by only 0.3% in April - equal the Fed's love will go on and on. ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... lines of "Wall Street down because of QE tapering coming soon worries but losses tapered because of better-than-expected jobless claims and new home sales data. Say what? Shouldn't indications of an improving US economy reinforce expectations of the ...