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Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... the boom years (2006-2007) before the GFC. This is in stark contrast with last night's activity on The Street where US equities jumped - big time - despite disappointing stats. The Chicago PMI dropped sharply in May. The Conference Board's May consumer ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... sell there were big numbers out last night that on other days scream SELL! But Wall Street would have none of that. US equities notched their second straight day of gains- Despite the second estimate to first quarter US real GDP growth of 1.8 per cent ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting, dispel the markets' worries it did. Wall Street knows not to fight the Fed. US equities jumped around 1 per cent higher - ending three days of decline - after the FOMC minutes revealed that while members have started ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
The Australian market is likely to decline on Monday after US equities fell about one per cent and the price of gold and some base metals declined. At 0734 AEST on the ASX 24, the June share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,678 points. ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... check, check and check. That's why it wasn't a surprise that despite the daily sharp ups and downs on Wall Street, US equities closed not far below zero last week. The Dow ended the week down only 0.3 per cent and the S&P 500 lower by a miniscule 0.2 ...

May day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... on sagging earnings". Let's see if we could put some sense into these headlines. The commodities tumble that took US equities down. According to reports, the latest higher-than-expected inflation data from China and Germany and the Bank of England's ...

MLC appoints Schroders global equities manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... London in January. With 18 years equities experience in New York, London and Sydney, Armitage was most recently head of US equities and a global portfolio manager, as part of a Schroders team managing US$12 billion in assets. "There continue to be compelling ...

Poor standard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... number of words quota -- of what I wrote on this space yesterday, the day after Standard & Poor's announcement day. "US equities recovered half of the losses they incurred yesterday. But this is only because the closing bell caught up with them. There ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... that the credit rater has had its five-minute of sunshine it's back to business as usual on The Street once more. US equities recovered half of the losses they incurred yesterday. But this is only because the closing bell caught up with them. There was ...

Experts bullish on US despite debt gloom

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
A panel of top investment experts has put the bullish stamp on their outlook for US equities. Dave Marvin, chairman of Delaware-based investment management firm Marvin & Palmer Associates, said he is extremely bullish on US stocks as the severe recession ...