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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... bit, but obviously we had a reasonable kick start from what happened in the US," Mr Chatterton said of Wesfarmers. On Wall Street, the market closed higher after a string of strong earning reports and after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... general meetings. On Wednesday, the Australian share market closed weaker as local equities followed a weak lead from Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 30.8 points, or 0.66 per cent, at 4,624.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... like this year's September proved that it is not always the worst month for equities. Disappointment was all over Wall Street overnight - big time with its tree major stock indices - Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq - scoring their worst 1-day fall since early ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... 4,682 points, with 16,427 contracts traded. IG Markets dealer Chris Weston said the market had taken some lead from Wall Street trading overnight. "Obviously, there's an 80 per cent correlation between the US market and the Australian market at the moment," ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
You can almost hear the Wall Street's collective hallelujahs after the US Federal Reserve reported an unexpected fall in industrial production. And no, that is not a typo. Wall Street was actually happy that it was disappointed. Huh? Yes, you read correctly. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was weaker at noon, marking time following soft offshore leads from Wall Street overnight. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 25.8 points lower, or 0.55 per cent, at 4,673.3 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
If you've already read the various reports on various websites and blogs trying to give meaning to Wall Street's slip overnight, you're now probably getting antsy pantsy that the bad ol' times have returned. This from The Age quoting "AAP, with Business ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... December 1983. RBS Morgans private client adviser, Craig Walker, said the local market had followed a firm lead from Wall Street. Wall Street closed higher overnight after Intel and JPMorgan Chase posted strong profits and as traders increasingly expected ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... back again doing the rounds in the financial markets. Yes, Virginia. The chorus for QE2 keeps growing louder that Wall Street - and the world - appears to be just waiting for the official announcement. Just like Christmas comes on the 25th of December ...

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... powerful than QE1, able to lift employment and prevent deflation in a single bound! Look up in the sky...it's QE2! Wall Street is abuzz with speculation that the Fed would very, very soon unleashed QE2 - that all-American hero - to rescue America. Hooray! ...