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Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
It's the weather, stupid! This was how Wall Street interpreted last disappointing data on retail spending and weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets. At 0904 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,053. European markets were mixed but US stocks moved higher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on international bourses amid growing speculation the Federal Reserve may start cutting its stimulus program this month. At 0858 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract ...

What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

Santa Claus is comin' to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
For an itsy-bitsy while last week, I feared that the "good is good and bad is good" catchphrase on Wall Street has died and gone to catchphrase heaven. Good news on the US economy became ba-ba-bad to the bones Thursday last week. The S&P 500 index declined ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Australian shares look set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where Twitter made its market debut. At 0857 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 30 points at 5,399. Wall Street's falls came after data surprisingly ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
We're back on the taper-go-round saddle Virginia. Would the Fed allow the green shoots of a December taper to grow roots - and again permeate to every nook and cranny of economics and finance -- and then treat us with a taper not as it did in September? ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
"Don't fight the Fed!" I re-introduced this old saying on Wall Street at the end of last week to characterise the financial markets' behaviour du jour. The S&P 500 surely doesn't want to -- it closed at another fresh record high last week...and could ...