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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 17.13 (0.39 per cent) at 4,352.64. The Labor Department reported that the US economy added 209,000 jobs in July, down from June but maintaining the solid 200,000-plus monthly streak since February. The market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... 4,462.90. The broad-based S&P 500 essentially split the difference, rising a mere 0.12 (0.01 per cent) to 1,970.07. The US economy grew at a robust annual rate of 4.0 per cent in the second quarter, rebounding from a 2.1 per cent slump in the first quarter ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... it - the S&P 500 index even closed at another record high last night - especially the part where the IMF trimmed the US economy's 2014 growth forecast to 1.7% from 2.0% in June from 2.8% in April. Then again, perhaps, this time Wall Street went beyond ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
Nah, it couldn't be! Nope, Virginia, like I have typed on this space before the US economy has not yet reached sustainable velocity and therefore those bring forward of expectations with regards to the Fed's first interest rate hike are merely that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... cent) to 4,485.93. The highlight of the week was Thursday's Department of Labor employment report, which showed the US economy added a healthy 288,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 per cent from 6.3 per cent in May. LONDON - European ...

Independence Day for the US economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... towards the dotcom high established in March 2000. Wall Street's jump was reportedly due to Independence Day for the US economy - that is, last night's payroll stats - employment increased by larger-than-expected 288K in June (that followed an upwardly ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... performance - the June number stands head and shoulder above those of the past 18 months. We have lift off!... in the US economy. Yippee-kay-yay! But - yes there's still a but - this excellent one-month data point begs the question, "why, oh why, oh ...

James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... previous month. Data like this - along with yesterday's disappointing durable goods orders reports - tells me that the US economy is not in a hurry to go gangbusters... so will the Fed. Though I could also be wrong - the fool - and the economy could ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... 0.6%) but there's no other way to view these but as decent gains particularly given worse than expected updates on the US economy released overnight. First quarter US real GDP growth was revised to show a 2.9% annualised rate of contraction - from the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Profit-taking hit some markets after mostly ticking up on Thursday in response to the Fed's broadly upbeat outlook on the US economy and chief Janet Yellen's dovish comments on inflation. Her outlook that inflation will not get out of control raised ...