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Bullish bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... the past few months. Second derivatives they may be...but they are improving nevertheless. Take last night's US jobless claims report for instance. Initial jobless claims fell by 47K to 522,000 in the week ending 11 July - the lowest since January and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... dipped 0.8 percent in May, slightly smaller than the 1 percent decline economists had expected. The better news on jobless claims and inventories was tempered by generally weaker sales at retailers in June, which held back the market's gains. The Dow ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... attributed to the 3.6 per cent jump in gasoline prices during the month and that discretionary spending remains weak. US jobless claims. Bulls buy on news initial claims fell by 24,000 to a better than expected 601,000 in the week ending 6 June and that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... 944.89, while the Nasdaq Composite index rose 9.29, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,862.37. Investors welcomed a drop in jobless claims, growth in retail sales and better-than-expected demand at a government debt auction. But traders also seemed mindful of how ...

Bull market on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... improvement could eventuate. This is perhaps why Wall Street ignored last night's report of a worse-than-expected initial jobless claims tally. According to the US Department of Labor, initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 637,000 in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... Wall Street rallied on Thursday, lifted by better-than-expected profits from JPMorgan Chase and a drop in new US jobless claims that fueled hopes for an economic rebound. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 95.81 points, or 1.19 per cent, to 8,125.43. ...

The good news in good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... reports has eased. Some have even begun to improve - not only in America but also in China. Reports of a fall in US jobless claims heading into Easter added to encouraging data on durable goods, housing and job cut announcements released over the past ...

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... already neck deep in water. And data out of the US last night shows that the economy continues to drown. Initial jobless claims were up 85.8 per cent year-on-year while continuing claims jumped 81.8 per cent. The deterioration in the US labour market ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... highest levels since 1982 and that US factory orders fell by more than market expectations. The bad and ugly. US jobless claims hit a 26-year high, surging by 35,000 to 626,000 in the week ending January 31. Continuing claims rose 20,000 to a record ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... for a bailout of the US auto industry weighed heavily on the local market, along with the overnight release of US jobless claims that touched a 26 year high. "Those translated into very weak leads for us," Mr Potter said, adding that investors were awaiting ...