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Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... gold - or more accurately, goldilocks. They're strong enough to keep optimism and hopes for a more durable US economic recovery alive but not too strong to spark anxiety at the Fed. Barring another black swan, financial markets are set to have another ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... stock markets closed narrowly mixed on Monday, consolidating sharp gains made last week as hopes for a strong economic recovery offset a litany of bad news from Japan and the Middle East. Dealers said investors were looking ahead to US data, including ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... revision of fourth quarter economic growth to 3.1 per cent from 2.8 per cent, more evidence of the strength of the economic recovery. But Blackberry Maker Research in Motion plunged 11.2 per cent after a quarterly report showed revenues below forecasts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... deals raised hopes that more corporate buyouts could be on the way as businesses become more confident in the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 178.01 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 12,036.53. The S&P 500 index gained 19.18, or 1.5 ...

Share plummet overplayed - fund managers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... into the market," he added. BlackRock Multi-Asset Client Solutions Group agrees that the effect on the global economic recovery should not be too strong. "We are sceptical that we are facing a sustained downturn for either Japanese or global equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... stock markets closed lower on concerns the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan would set back the global economic recovery, dealers said. They said while the immediate damage and loss of life was grave, the full extent was still unknown, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... cent so far this month. That has pushed stocks lower as investors worry that higher gas prices will dampen the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 124.35 points, or one per cent, to 12,214.38. The S&P 500 rose 11.69, or 0.9 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... points (1.84 per cent) at 2,798.74. The market jump came as new data releases strengthened the view that the economic recovery is gaining pace. The government reported that initial jobless claims dropped to 368,000 in the week ending February 26, the ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... yesterday." - Diana Ross Yesterday Wall Street dropped big time "on concern rising energy costs will threaten the economic recovery." This was Bloomberg's - and most other financial market commentators' -- interpretation of yesterday's market action. ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... accommodative monetary policy and improving credit conditions seems likely to lead to a somewhat more rapid pace of economic recovery in 2011 than we saw last year." Last night's ISM manufacturing index report gave credence to Benny's words. The index ...