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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  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 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 ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... materials manufacturer Xuzhou Zhongsen Tonghao - have defaulted on their debts. The polar vortex hides the fact that the US economy is freezing to a standstill. The massive outflow of funds in emerging markets that sent emerging currencies dropping. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... business investment were both rising. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed, after the Federal Reserve's comments on the US economy and interest rates. Tokyo jumped 1.62 per cent on Thursday to finish at a five-month high, closing up 245.36 points to ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... on Ukraine's border (38,000 and counting according to Ukraine) and the IMF has just released fresh forecasts for the US economy (crystal ball now shows growth at a flat 2.0% this year - down from the 2.8% predicted only two moons before). And oh, iron ...

Investors return to active global equities managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... compared with an average of 20.1% over the past 25 years. "A calming of the European sovereign debt crisis and an improved US economy are underpinning the global economic outlook and reducing volatility," he said. "It is little surprise that global equities ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... elsewhere. The mere fact Australian exports of good and services jumped by 4.8% in the March quarter at the same period the US economy contracted, the eurozone and most of Asia slowed -and that we achieved this without sharply debasing the Australian ...

Double boo boo on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... is, after all, a first-tier data release and provides a reliable leading metric with regards to the outlook for the US economy. Then again, Wall Streeters could have been spared last night's case of the bouncy bouncies had they kept in mind that a reading ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... The US dollar continued to struggle in Asia after dipping on Wall Street following the release of data showing the US economy contracted more than expected in the first three months of the year. Tokyo fell 0.34 per cent, or 49.34 points to finish at ...

The name is bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... not be in a rush to lift interest rates - is working as she desires. This, or the bond market still doubts that the US economy would grow above potential anytime soon.