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Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... smaller companies to expand their operations? But alas, rising M&A activity is now considered a negative signal. Here's what Reuters printed. "Analysts said the recent spate of M&A also points to companies continuing to make profits through cost cutting ...

Fictional fact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... headlines: "Stocks Rise on M&A Speculation; Treasuries Pare Gain, Oil Falls" - Bloomberg "Consumer sector lifts US stocks" - Reuters "Wall Street edges higher on Target" - AFR "Wall Street shares edge up as Potash Corp gains" - The Australian Yippee! ...

Torturing the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... economic stat until they confess that yes, yes, a double-dip is coming. Take for instance the Friday the 13th's releases. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer confidence index rose to a 69.6 in August from 67.8 in the previous month. The fact ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... a modest 11,000 to 457,000 last week. That's slightly better than the 459,000 forecast by economists polled by Thomson Reuters, but investors were disappointed because the drop was so small. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 30.72 ...

Contra confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... line revenue growth is not up to scratch. US economic news of the day didn't help the negative find any. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 66.5 in July - the lowest since August 2009 -- from 76 the previous ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... services businesses slowed last month. Its services index fell to 53.8 from 55.4 in May. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters forecast 55.0. A reading above 50 indicates growth. When the markets settled, the Dow was up 57.14 points, or 0.6 per cent ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... month. But wait! Wasn't it only four days ago that we received news of a strong jump in US consumer confidence? The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment rose to 76 in June -- its highest level since January 2008 - ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... its highest level in eight months. Now we found the reason for last week's increase in consumer confidence. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to 76 in June from 73.6 in the previous month - the highest since January ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... US calls for more stimulus, Europe for more fiscal tightening and China... it just wanted to be ignored. According to Reuters, Beijing demanded that reference to its exchange rate in the draft communiquA(C) "be removed from the final version". Canada's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
... average -- a formation known as a "death cross". Shares of Mizuho Financial Group hit a seven-month low after sources told Reuters the bank will decide on Friday to sell up to six billion new shares in a planned global offering, increasing the total ...